Flaws in methods of evidence-based medicine may adversely affect public health directives

Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-284

  Kral, J G ^a,h   Dixon, J B ^b   Horber, F F ^c   Rossner S ^d   Stiles, S ^e   Torgerson, J S ^f   Sugerman, H J ^g  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14644406169     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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