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. 1999 Mar;80(3):280–285. doi: 10.1136/adc.80.3.280

Evidence based medicine and evaluation of mental health services: methodological issues and future directions

J Barnes 1, A Stein 1, W Rosenberg 1
PMCID: PMC1717866  PMID: 10325714

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