American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists protocol for standardized production of clinical practice guidelines - 2010 Update

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-283

  Mechanick, Jeffrey I ^a   Camacho, Pauline M ^a   Cobin, Rhoda H ^a   Garber, Alan J ^a   Garber, Jeffrey R ^a   Gharib, Hossein ^a   Petak, Steven M ^a   Rodbard, Helena W ^a   Trence, Dace L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY DESIGN; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953923762     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.16.2.270     Document Type: Review

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