Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 747-753 , August 2008

What influences the transfer of research into health policy and practice? Observations from England and Australia

Received 18 April 2008 ,Accepted 21 April 2008.

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 This paper is a revised version of the paper presented at the first international conference of the journal Public Health in Lisbon, May 2007.

PII: S0033-3506(08)00136-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.020

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 747-753 , August 2008