Fifteen hundred guidelines and growing: The UK database of clinical guidelines

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Van Loo, John ^b   Leonard, Niamh ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATABASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33750580134     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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