The Rationale for Evidence-Based Dermatology

Evidence-Based Dermatology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 8-13

  Williams, Hywel ^a   Bigby, Michael ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

"designer" drugs topical tazarotene; Biomedical information publication; Critically appraised topic (CAT); Developing structured question; EBD process starts and ends with patients; Evidence based dermatology (EBD) rationale; Evidence based dermatology and five steps; Randomized clinical trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889479073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300161.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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