Searching for evidence-based medical practice

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Pasadakis, Ploumis S ^a   Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DIALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030782183     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089701700406     Document Type: Editorial

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