The complex nature of knowledge

Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 39-62

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a,b   Miles, Andrew ^c,d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 84954187279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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