Legacy of Avicenna and evidence-based medicine

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-246

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a,b   Rashidi, Mohammad Reza ^c   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Etemadi, Jalal ^a   Abbasnejad, Feridoon ^a   Agutter, Paul S ^e  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Theoretical Medicine and Biology Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug testing; Ijma; Logic; Stoic philosophy

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960559185     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.019     Document Type: Review

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