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. 1994 Mar;3(1):45–52. doi: 10.1136/qshc.3.1.45

Achieving health gain through clinical guidelines II: Ensuring guidelines change medical practice.

J M Grimshaw 1, I T Russell 1
PMCID: PMC1055182  PMID: 10136260

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