Clinical guidelines: The blind leading the deaf?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2136-2137

  Vakil, Nimish ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 8744302112     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40894.x     Document Type: Review

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