Public health, science, and policy debate: Being right is not enough

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-235

  Camargo, Kenneth ^a   Grant, Roy ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b American Journal of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; TRUST;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; TRUST;

EID: 84921882407     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302241     Document Type: Review

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