Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 545-555 , June 2002

Citation of randomized evidence in support of guidelines of therapeutic and preventive interventions

  • Ioannis A. Giannakakis

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
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  • Anna-Bettina Haidich

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • ,
  • Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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  • George N. Papanikolaou

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • ,
  • Maria S. Baltogianni

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • ,
  • John P.A. Ioannidis

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30-651-097807; fax: +30-651-067881. E-mail address:(J.P.A. Ioannidis)

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 545-555 , June 2002

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