Better evidence about wicked issues in tackling health inequities

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-456

  Petticrew, Mark ^a   Tugwell, Peter ^b   Welch, Vivian ^b   Ueffing, Erin ^b   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^b   Armstrong, Rebecca ^c   Doyle, Jodie ^c   Waters, Elizabeth ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349563143     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp076     Document Type: Article

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