Standardized Reporting of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Shiffman, Richard N ^a   Shekelle, Paul ^b   Overhage, J Marc ^b   Slutsky, Jean ^b   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^b   Deshpande, Aniruddha M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCUMENTATION; MANAGED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0141685684     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-6-200309160-00013     Document Type: Review

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