Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal.

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Published in Lancet on January 08, 2000

Authors

R Grilli1, N Magrini, A Penna, G Mura, A Liberati

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1: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. webmaster@assr.it

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