Public health: Disconnections between policy, practice and research

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jansen, Maria W J ^a,b   van Oers, Hans A M ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^b   de Vries, Nanne K ^a,b,d  

^a Academic Collaborative Centre of Public Health Limburg   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 78650663123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-37     Document Type: Article

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