About levels of evidence

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-

  Finkelstein, Alan ^a   Rao, Goutham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL;

EID: 16844376060     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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