Levels of evidence and interventional ophthalmology

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-362

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Evidence based ophthalmology; Levels of evidence; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030845321     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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