Systematic Reviews: Reporting, updating, and correcting systematic reviews of the effects of health care

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6958, 1994, Pages 862-

  Chalmers, I ^a   Haynes, B ^a  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027993621     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6958.862     Document Type: Article

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