Policy and evidence-based public health

Evidence-Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Law, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Evidence based public health; Health research; Public health policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920882355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563623.003.02     Document Type: Chapter

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