Evidence and obesity prevention: Developing evidence summaries to support decision making

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 547-556

  Clark, Rachel ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^b   Armstrong, Rebecca ^b   Conning, Rebecca ^c   Allender, Steven ^d   Swinburn, Boyd ^d,e  

^a The Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence; Knowledge translation; Obesity prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892610426     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426413X662752     Document Type: Article

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