Implications of OMERACT outcomes in arthritis and osteoporosis for cochrane metaanalysis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1206-1207

  Cranney, Ann ^a   Tugwell, Peter ^a,b   Shea, Beverley ^a,b   Wells, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Metaanalysis; Osteoporosis; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031011619     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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