Impact of public involvement in research on quality of life and society: A case study of research career trajectories

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-557

  Williamson, Tracey ^a   Brogden, Joan ^b   Jones, Elaine ^c   Ryan, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

^c Wigan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impact; Impact on society; Lay researcher; Older people; Quality of life; Research; Research capacity; Research career; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867687724     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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