The Cochrane Skin Group: Promoting the best evidence

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 324-331

  Collier, Avanta ^a   Johnson, Kathryn R ^a   Delamere, Finola ^c   Leonard, Tina ^c   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b   Williams, Hywel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; CONGRESSES; DATABASES; DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33749315565     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10227-005-0120-5     Document Type: Review

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