Time to detoxify medical literature from guideline overdose

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 3331-3335

  Vyas, Dinesh ^a   Vyas, Arpita K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict of interest; Guidelines controversies in medicine; Health economics; Standard of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE;

EID: 84863904488     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3331     Document Type: Article

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