The realities of evidence-based medicine

Asia Pacific Heart Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Smallwood, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031796868     PISSN: 13280163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1328-0163(98)90010-0     Document Type: Article

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