The use of evidence in public governmental reports on health policy: An analysis of 17 Norwegian official reports (NOU)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Innvær, Simon ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORWAY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; STANDARD;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NORWAY;

EID: 70350343146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-177     Document Type: Article

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