Policy implementation: Implications for evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2009, Issue 124, 2009, Pages 47-60

  DeGroff, Amy ^a   Cargo, Margaret ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85040477550     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.313     Document Type: Article

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