Levels of evidence: Intellectual aid or absolute judgement?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 917-918

  De Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a   Ferreira, Paulo H ^b   Ferreira, Manuela L ^b   Maher, Christopher G ^b   Refshauge, Kathryn ^b   Herbert, Robert ^b   Latimer, Jane ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BACKACHE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141849354     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00196-3     Document Type: Letter

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