Identification of randomized controlled trials in systematic reviews: Accuracy and reliability of screening records

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1635-1640

  Edwards, Phil ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^c   Pratap, Sarah ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a   Wentz, Reinhard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment intersection; Inter observer reliabilty; Screening; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0037098151     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1190     Document Type: Article

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