Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: The need for a critical appraisal

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9198, 2000, Pages 103-106

  Grilli, Roberto ^a   Magrini, Nicola ^b   Penna, Angelo ^a   Mura, Giorgio ^a   Liberati, Alessandro ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Ctro Per Valutazione Della E   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0034620233     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02171-6     Document Type: Article

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