Informing public health policy with the best available evidence

Evidence-Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Anderson, Laurie M ^a   McQueen, David V ^b  

^a Washington State Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Health policy; Knowledge synthesis; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858291224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563623.003.030     Document Type: Chapter

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