Appraisal of WHO Guidelines in Maternal Health Using the AGREE II Assessment Tool

Stephanie Polus; Priya Lerberg; Joshua Vogel; Kanokwaroon Watananirun; Joao Paulo Souza; Matthews Mathai; A. Metin Gülmezoglu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038891

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Appraisal of WHO Guidelines in Maternal Health Using the AGREE II Assessment Tool

Stephanie Polus,

Affiliations Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Priya Lerberg,

Affiliations UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Joshua Vogel,

Affiliations UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kanokwaroon Watananirun,

Affiliations UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Joao Paulo Souza ,

* E-mail: souzaj@who.int

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Matthews Mathai,

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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A. Metin Gülmezoglu

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Appraisal of WHO Guidelines in Maternal Health Using the AGREE II Assessment Tool

Stephanie Polus,
Priya Lerberg,
Joshua Vogel,
Kanokwaroon Watananirun,
Joao Paulo Souza,
Matthews Mathai,
A. Metin Gülmezoglu

Published: August 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038891

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