Appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 795-798

  Bigby, Michael ^a   Williams, Hywel ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0038120138     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.6.795     Document Type: Article

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