The practical application of community-based participatory research in Greenland: Initial experiences of the Greenland sexual health study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-413

  Rink, Elizabeth ^a   Law, Dionne Gesink ^b   Montgomery Andersen, Ruth ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d   Koch, Anders ^e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NAPA   (Greenland)

^d Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Challenges; Community based participatory research; Greenland; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349811535     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v68i4.17370     Document Type: Article

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