OMERACT: an international initiative to improve outcome measurement in rheumatology.

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Published in Clin Exp Rheumatol on November 08, 2005

Authors

M Boers1, P Brooks, L S Simon, V Strand, P Tugwell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, PK 6Z 181, VU University Medical Center, Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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