Meeting the challenge: Developing systematic reviewing in social policy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-470

  Wallace, Alison ^a   Croucher, Karen ^a   Quilgars, Deborah ^a   Baldwin, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Mortgage safety nets; Quality appraisal; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTGAGE LENDING; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 4744356156     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573042009444     Document Type: Article

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