Outcome Measures: Methodologic Principles

Sepsis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Meade, Maureen O ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0009495324     PISSN: 13850229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009755116504     Document Type: Article

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