An analysis of systematic reviews indicated low incorpororation of results from clinical trial quality assessment

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-313

  De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Van Vliet, Huib A A M ^a   Helmerhorst, Frans M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Methodology; Quality assessment; Systemic review

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 13844298022     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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