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Guidelines International Network: verso standard internazionali per la produzione di linee guida
Amir Qaseem, Frode Forland, Fergus Macbeth, Günter Ollenschläger, Sue Phillips, Philip van der Wees for the Board of Trustees of the Guidelines International Network

Evidence 2012;4(6): e1000022 doi: 10.4470/E1000022

Pubblicato: 24 ottobre 2012

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