Rapid evidence assessments of research to inform social policy: Taking stock and moving forward

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-27

  Thomas, James ^a   Newman, Mark ^a   Oliver, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brief review; Rapid evidence assessment; Rapid review; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876887989     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426413X662572     Document Type: Article

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