Consensus abstracts for evidence-based medicine

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 36-38

  Fontelo, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CELLULAR PHONE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDLINE; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PUBMED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953119390     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm20003     Document Type: Review

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