Canadian guidelines for clinical practice: An analysis of their quality and relevance to the care of adults with comorbidity

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fortin, Martin ^a   Contant, Eric ^a   Savard, Catherine ^a   Hudon, Catherine ^a   Poitras, Marie Eve ^a   Almirall, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960129189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-74     Document Type: Article

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