Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: Critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group

David C. Atkins; Martin Eccles; Signe Flottorp; Gordon Guyatt; David Henry; Suzanne Hill; Alessandro Liberati; Dianne L. O’Connell; Andrew D Oxman; Bob Phillips; Holger J. Schünemann; Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer; Gunn Elisabeth Vist; John W Williams

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-4-38

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Grading (engineering)Critical appraisalMedicineHarmHealth informaticsEvidence-based medicinePsychologyNursingPublic healthSocial psychologyAlternative medicinePathologyEngineering

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 38-38
Citations: 1178
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                                    David C. Atkins, 
                                
                                    Martin Eccles, 
                                
                                    Signe Flottorp
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: Critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group. 
                            BMC Health Services Research
                            , 4
                            (1)
                            , 38-38.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-4-38
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-4-38