An Examination of Infrastructures for Health Information Dissemination in the United States

Science Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-245

  Pringle, Kristine E ^a   Wells, Rebecca ^b   Merrill, Sonya ^c  

^a First Health Services Corporation/PA PACE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Substance Abuse/Mental Hlth SA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Health; Networks; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342303832     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547003262094     Document Type: Review

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