Evidence -based information needs of public health workers: A systematized review

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-79

  Barr Walker, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; DATA EXTRACTION; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SEEKING; LIBRARIAN; MEDLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORKER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 85012186774     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2017.109     Document Type: Review

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