A glossary for evidence based public health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 538-545

  Rychetnik, Lucie ^a   Hawe, Penelope ^b,c   Waters, Elizabeth ^d,e   Barratt, Alexandra ^a   Frommer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Cochrane Hlth Prom Pub Hlth Fld ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 3042535701     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.011585     Document Type: Review

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