Promoting public health: Benefits and challenges of a europeanwide research consortium on student health

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Ansari, Walid El ^a   Maxwell, Annette E ^b   Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^c   Stock, Christiane ^d   Naydenova, Vihra ^c   Krämer, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Public health; Research consortia; Student health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STUDENT;

EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

EID: 34250791478     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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