Levels of evidence and grades of recommendations in general thoracic surgery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 461-465

  Graham, Andrew J ^a,b   Gelfand, Gary ^a   McFadden, Sean D ^a   Grondin, Sean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 13644250756     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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