Achieving health gain through clinical guidelines. I: Developing scientifically valid guidelines.

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Published in Qual Health Care on December 01, 1993

Authors

J Grimshaw1, I Russell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen.

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