Reliability of Chalmers' scale to assess quality in meta-analyses on pharmacological treatments for osteoporosis

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 498-503

  Bérard, Anick ^a,d   Andreu, Nathalie ^b   Tétrault, Jean Pierre ^c   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^c   Myhal, Daniel ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hôpital Universitaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalmers' Quality Scale; Inter Rater Reliability; Meta Analysis; Quality; Score; Test Retest Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033665166     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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