EVIPNet Americas: informing policies with evidence

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9644, 2008, Pages 1130-1131

  EVIPNet Americas Secretariat, ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 52949094944     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61459-2     Document Type: Note

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