Systematic reviews in laboratory medicine: Principles, processes and practical considerations

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 23-39

  Horvath, Andrea Rita ^a   Pewsner, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evidence based laboratory medicine; Health technology assessment; HTA; IFCC; International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine; MCV; Mean corpuscular volume; Prostate specific antigen; PSA; RCT; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYPES OF STUDY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 1542395097     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.12.015     Document Type: Review

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