Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Owlia, Parviz ^a   Eftekhari, Monir Baradaran ^b   Forouzan, Ameneh Setareh ^c   Bahreini, Farahossadat ^b   Farahani, Mahdi ^d   Ghanei, Mostafa ^c  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Health research; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; IRAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79958065043     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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