Developing WHO rapid advice guidelines in the setting of a public health emergency

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-60

  Garritty, Chantelle M ^a,b   Norris, Susan L ^c   Moher, David ^a,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated development; Guideline; Methodology; Policy making; Public health; Rapid reviews; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85008656574     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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