The art of producing quality evidence-based systematic reviews

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 117-119

  Ram, Felix S F ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0036987123     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pcrj.2002.102     Document Type: Editorial

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