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. 1993 Dec;2(4):243–248. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2.4.243

Achieving health gain through clinical guidelines. I: Developing scientifically valid guidelines.

J Grimshaw 1, I Russell 1
PMCID: PMC1055154  PMID: 10132459

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