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Table 2 Occupational physicians' six most important enablers and barriers for practising EBM.

From: Do knowledge infrastructure facilities support Evidence-Based Practice in occupational health? An exploratory study across countries among occupational physicians enrolled on Evidence-Based Medicine courses

Enablers

Barriers

1. Medical literature databases

1. Lack of time

2. Occupational health literature database

2. Payment for full-text articles

3. Online libraries

3. Language difficulties

4. Full-text articles

4. Lack of support

5. Traditional libraries

5. Lack of skills

6. Continuing education

6. Unreliable internet connectivity