Strategies to promote the impact of systematic reviews on healthcare policy: A systematic review of the literature

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-428

  Bunn, Frances ^a   Sworn, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Knowledge transfer; Research impact; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861385825     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426411X603434     Document Type: Review

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