Evidence Based Clinical Practice: A Primer for Urologists

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 775-782

  Scales Jr , Charles D ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a   Keitz, Sheri A ^a   Dahm, Philipp ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; outcome assessment (health care); randomized controlled trials; research design

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; UROLOGY;

EID: 34547701747     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.020     Document Type: Review

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