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No magic bullets: a systematic review of 102 trials of interventions to improve professional practice
A. D. Oxman, M. A. Thomson, D. A. Davis and R. B. Haynes
CMAJ November 15, 1995 153 (10) 1423-1431;
A. D. Oxman
M. A. Thomson
D. A. Davis
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No magic bullets: a systematic review of 102 trials of interventions to improve professional practice
A. D. Oxman, M. A. Thomson, D. A. Davis, R. B. Haynes
CMAJ Nov 1995, 153 (10) 1423-1431;
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