North of England evidence based guidelines development project: Methods of developing guidelines for efficient drug use in primary care

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7139, 1998, Pages 1232-

  Eccles, Martin ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^a   Mason, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0032542890     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7139.1232     Document Type: Article

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