Theory-based evaluation: New approaches to evaluating complex community-based initiatives

Reducing Inequalities in Health: A European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 300-312

  Judge, Ken ^a   Mackenzie, Mhairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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