Where Do We Go from Here? Translating Research to Policy

Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Earle, Alison ^a   Heymann, Jody ^b   Lavis, John N ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Policy; Policy makers; Population health; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921606942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179200.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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