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Evidence-based policy revisited: orientation towards the policy process and a public health policy science

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The author would like to thank Peter Gelius for his helpful comments on draft versions of this paper.

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Rütten, A. Evidence-based policy revisited: orientation towards the policy process and a public health policy science. Int J Public Health 57, 455–457 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-011-0321-1

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