Applied public health research - Falling through the cracks?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Simmons, Rebecca K ^a   Ogilvie, David ^a   Griffin, Simon J ^a   Sargeant, Lincoln A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ETHICS; FUNDING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 70350009833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-362     Document Type: Article

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