The AGREE reporting checklist: A tool to improve reporting of clinical practice guidelines

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Brouwers, Melissa C ^a   Kerkvliet, Kate ^a   Spithof, Karen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGREE REPORTING CHECKLIST; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHECKLIST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84960450246     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1152     Document Type: Article

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