Need for more and better implementation science in global health

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Ridde, Valéry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 85051257299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000115     Document Type: Review

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