Quality of research on community partnerships: Developing the evidence base

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Weiss, Elisa S ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33645382873     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh051     Document Type: Article

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