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Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings

BMJ 1998; 317 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7156.465 (Published 15 August 1998) Cite this as: BMJ 1998;317:465

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