Examining the evidence in anesthesia literature: A critical appraisal of systematic reviews

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 700-709

  T L Choi, Peter ^a   Halpern, Stephen H ^b   Malik, Nariman ^b   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b,c   Tramèr, Martin R ^d   Walder, Bernhard ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035127120     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200103000-00029     Document Type: Article

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