Guides for reading and interpreting systematic reviews: II. How did the authors find the studies and assess their quality?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 812-817

  Jadad, Alejandro R ^a   Moher, David ^b,c   Klassen, Terry P ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; READING; REVIEW;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0031858713     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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