Bridging knowledge translation gap in health in developing countries: Visibility, impact and publishing standards in journals from the Eastern Mediterranean

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Utrobičić, Ana ^a   Chaudhry, Nauman ^b   Ghaffar, Abdul ^c   Marušić, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84865744775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-66     Document Type: Article

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