A Primer on the Cochrane Collaboration, Its New Priorities in Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Health, and the Role of Annals of Emergency Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-354

  Rowe, Brian H ^a   Brown, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

EID: 33847205338     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.11.002     Document Type: Editorial

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