Furthering Dissemination and Implementation Research: The Need for More Attention to External Validity

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice

Volumn 9780199751877, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Green, Lawrence W ^a   Nasser, Mona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D I research; Dissemination and implementation; External validity; Health research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875598590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751877.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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