Challenges to the hierarchy of evidence: Does the emperor have no clothes?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-346

  Bigby, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035074575     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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