Knowledge in process? Exploring barriers between epidemiological research and local health policy development

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  de Goede, Joyce ^a   Putters, Kim ^b   van der Grinten, Tom ^b   van Oers, Hans A M ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 77956598751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-26     Document Type: Review

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