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AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

Melissa C. Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman, Jako S. Burgers, Francoise Cluzeau, Gene Feder, Béatrice Fervers, Ian D. Graham, Jeremy Grimshaw, Steven E. Hanna, Peter Littlejohns, Julie Makarski and Louise Zitzelsberger
CMAJ December 14, 2010 182 (18) E839-E842; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090449
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AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care
Melissa C. Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman, Jako S. Burgers, Francoise Cluzeau, Gene Feder, Béatrice Fervers, Ian D. Graham, Jeremy Grimshaw, Steven E. Hanna, Peter Littlejohns, Julie Makarski, Louise Zitzelsberger
CMAJ Dec 2010, 182 (18) E839-E842; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090449

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AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care
Melissa C. Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman, Jako S. Burgers, Francoise Cluzeau, Gene Feder, Béatrice Fervers, Ian D. Graham, Jeremy Grimshaw, Steven E. Hanna, Peter Littlejohns, Julie Makarski, Louise Zitzelsberger
CMAJ Dec 2010, 182 (18) E839-E842; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090449
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