Locating and appraising systematic reviews

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 532-538

  Hunt, Dereck L ^a   McKibbon, K Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030970845     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-7-199704010-00006     Document Type: Review

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