State legislators' sources and use of information: Bridging the gap between research and policy

Health Education Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 840-848

  Dodson, Elizabeth A ^a   Geary, Nora A ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953785068     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyv044     Document Type: Article

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