Appraisal of WHO guidelines in maternal health using the AGREE II assessment tool

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Polus, Stephanie ^a,b   Lerberg, Priya ^b,c   Vogel, Joshua ^b,d   Watananirun, Kanokwaroon ^b,e   Souza, Joao Paulo ^b   Mathai, Matthews ^b   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; APPRAISAL OF GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION II; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865053826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038891     Document Type: Article

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