Research capacity and culture in podiatry: Early observations within Queensland Health

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lazzarini, Peter A ^a,b   Geraghty, Julia ^b   Kinnear, Ewan M ^a   Butterworth, Mark ^a   Ward, Donna ^c  

^a NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Capacity; Culture; Podiatry; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872655866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-6-1     Document Type: Article

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