Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: A Perspective

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Open Access

15 September 2009

journal article
editorial
Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Medicine

Vol. 6 (9) , e1000151
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000151
PMID:19753108
PMCID:PMC2735783

Abstract

The Perspective section is for experts to discuss the clinical practice or public health implications of a published study that is freely available online.

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