Evidence-based science: A worthwhile mode of surgical inquiry

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1301-1303

  Arya, Jyoti ^a   Wolford, Heather ^a   Harken, Alden H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGERY;

EID: 0036847829     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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