Evidence-based public health: Not only whether it works, but how it can be made to work practicably at scale

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-258

  Shelton, James D ^a  

^a Center for Global Security and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84929511651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00066     Document Type: Review

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