Letters, numbers, symbols and words: How to communicate grades of evidence and recommendations

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 677-680

  Schünemann, Holger J ^a   Best, Dana ^b   Vist, Gunn ^b   Oxman, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOUND;

EID: 0142025355     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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