Evidence-informed health policies in Eastern Mediterranean countries: Comparing views of policy makers and researchers

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-420

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a   Lavis, John N ^b   Jamal, Diana ^a   Ataya, Nour ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean region; Health systems research; Knowledge transfer and exchange; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906997339     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426514X672380     Document Type: Article

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