Building capacity for program evaluation at the centers for disease control and prevention

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2002, Issue 93, 2002, Pages 27-46

  Milstein, Bobby ^a   Chapel, Thomas J ^a   Wetterhall, Scott F ^b   Cotton, David A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Refugee Health Program   (United States)

^c ORC Macro   (United States)

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EID: 56349145617     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.40     Document Type: Article

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