Space, place, and the evidence base: Part I - An introduction to health geography

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-62

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a   Moon, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 23444444986     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2005.05004.x     Document Type: Review

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