Assessing authority

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1819-1821

  Rennie, Drummond ^a   Chalmers, Iain ^a  

^a James Lind Library   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AUTHORITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WELLBEING; HEART INFARCTION; HISTORY; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 65549138758     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.559     Document Type: Note

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