Societal output and use of research performed by health research groups

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mostert, Sebastian P ^a   Ellenbroek, Stéfan P H ^b   Meijer, Ingeborg ^a   van Ark, Gerrit ^c   Klasen, Eduard C ^b  

^a Technopolis Group Austria   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ZonMw The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIETY;

EID: 77957739500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-30     Document Type: Article

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