Iran's approach to knowledge translation

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Majdzadeh, R ^a   Nedjat, S ^a   Fotouhi, A ^a   Malekafzali, H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Evidence based medicine; Information dissemination; Iran; Policy; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749127738     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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