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. 2004 Apr;30(2):171–175. doi: 10.1136/jme.2003.003145

Evidence based medicine guidelines: a solution to rationing or politics disguised as science?

S Saarni 1, H Gylling 1
PMCID: PMC1733818  PMID: 15082812

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