Systematic reviews in nursing

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 13-22

  Droogan, Jacqueline ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cochrane collaboration; Nursing interviews; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0031991685     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(98)00007-8     Document Type: Review

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