Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 1 , Pages 6-10 , January 2011

Knowledge translation is the use of knowledge in health care decision making

  • Sharon E. Straus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Shutter Wing 2-026, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +416-603-5800.; fax: +416-864-8605.
    • ,
  • Jacqueline M. Tetroe

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W9, Canada
    • ,
  • Ian D. Graham

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W9, Canada

,Accepted 14 August 2009.

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00267-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.016

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 1 , Pages 6-10 , January 2011

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