Judgment, Resources, and Complexity: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Systematic Reviewers of Health Promotion

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-267

  Shepherd, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence synthesis; health promotion; public health; research capacity; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876978065     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278712447222     Document Type: Article

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