Systematic Review Part 2. Conducting a Systematic Review

Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-237

  MacDonald Jankowski, David ^a   Dozier, Marshall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Bibliographic databases; Embase; Grey literature; Medline; MeSH; Research question; Selection criteria; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTRONICS; EMBASE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; ORAL SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 0346157227     PISSN: 09156992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0915-6992(03)80001-8     Document Type: Article

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