Putting evidence into practice: How middle and low income countries "get it together"

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7473, 2004, Pages 1036-1039

  Garner, Paul ^a   Meremikwu, Martin ^b   Volmink, Jimmy ^c   Xu, Qian ^d   Smith, Helen ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; ECLAMPSIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 7944235831     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1036     Document Type: Review

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