The use of academic research in public health policy and practice

Research Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Lemay, Margaret A ^a   Sá, Creso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic literature; academic research; context; research impacts; research use; research users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892775581     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt029     Document Type: Article

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