What is translation?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-447

  Freeman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Knowledge transfer; Policy; Practice; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955124037     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426409X478770     Document Type: Review

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