Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 547-551 , May 2002

How to find evidence when you need it, Part 3: A clinician's guide to MEDLINE: Tricks and special skills

Received 26 March 2001 ,Revised 5 November 2001 ,Accepted 2 December 2001.

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☆ Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Peter C. Wyer, MD, 446 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803; E-mail: pwyer@att.net.

PII: S0196-0644(02)69445-4

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.123592

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 547-551 , May 2002

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