Meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery. A systematic review of their methodologies

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-24

  Bhandari, M ^a   Morrow, F ^a   Kulkarni, A V ^a   Tornetta III, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035147583     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200101000-00003     Document Type: Article

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