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Disclosure e gestione dei conflitti di interesse nelle linee guida: i princìpi del Guidelines International Network

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Disclosure e gestione dei conflitti di interesse nelle linee guida: i princìpi del Guidelines International Network
Holger J. Schünemann, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Frode Forland, Sonja Kersten, Jorma Komulainen, Ina B. Kopp, Fergus Macbeth, Susan M. Phillips, Craig Robbins, Philip van der Wees, Amir Qaseem, for the Board of Trustees of the Guidelines International Network

Evidence 2016;8(3): e1000136 doi: 10.4470/E1000136

Pubblicato: 21 marzo 2016

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