What is the quality of the implemented meta-analytic procedures in chronic pain treatment meta-analyses?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-85

  Fishbain, David ^a,b,c   Cutler, Robert B ^a,b   Rosomoff, Hubert L ^a,b   Rosomoff, Renee Steele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain treatment; Implementation meta analytic procedures; Meta analysis; Qualitative; Quality; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PAIN;

EID: 0034015339     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200003000-00011     Document Type: Article

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