Research synthesis: Systematic reviews and meta-analysis

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-311

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

EID: 0031725798     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269874655     Document Type: Article

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