Tinnitus: The complexity of standardization

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-433

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

assessment; clinical guidelines; outcome measurement; standardization; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TINNITUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STANDARD OF CARE; TINNITUS;

EID: 79961030634     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710394337     Document Type: Review

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