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Research Article

BEME Guide No. 3: Systematic searching for evidence in medical education--Part 2: Constructing searches

Alex Haig NHS Education for Scotland Edinburgh UK
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Marshall Dozier University of Edinburgh Erskine Medical Library Edinburgh UK
Pages 463-484 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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