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01-03-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Grade outcomes or studies: how to use grade approach correctly

Author: Frans-Jasper Wijdicks

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 3/2013

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Title: Grade outcomes or studies: how to use grade approach correctly
Author: Frans-Jasper Wijdicks
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1767-3

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