Current experience with applying the GRADE approach to public health interventions: An empirical study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rehfuess, Eva A ^a   Akl, Elie A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871979125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-9     Document Type: Article

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