Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 80-86.e8 , January 2008

Creating a System to Facilitate Translation of Evidence Into Standardized Clinical Practice: A Preliminary Report

Received 26 April 2006 ,Revised 30 March 2007 ,Accepted 9 April 2007.

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 Publication dates: Available online August 23, 2007.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00486-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 80-86.e8 , January 2008

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