Putting evidence into practice: how middle and low income countries "get it together".

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Published in BMJ on October 30, 2004

Authors

Paul Garner1, Martin Meremikwu, Jimmy Volmink, Qian Xu, Helen Smith

Author Affiliations

1: International Health Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA. pgarner@liv.ac.uk

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