Use of evidence in WHO recommendations

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9590, 2007, Pages 824-825

  Simon, Jonathon ^a   Thea, Donald M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; NOTE; STANDARD; TIME;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548395516     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61405-6     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Oxman A., Lavis J., and Fretheim A. Use of evidence in WHO recommendations. Lancet 369 (2007) 1883-1889
2. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy. Guidelines for WHO guidelines (2003), World Health Organization, Geneva
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4. WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health. IMCI adaptation guide, version 5 (2002), World Health Organization, Geneva. http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/IMCI/IMCI_Adaptation_Guige/sectiona.pdf (accessed May 24, 2007).