Research's practice and barriers of knowledge translation in Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 968-980

  Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a,b   Gholami, Jaleh ^a,b   Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^b   Nedjat, Sima ^b   Maleki, Katayoun ^b   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Knowledge; Research; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904554033     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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