Meta-analysis and structured literature review in radiology

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-408

  Doria, Andrea S ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Economic evaluations; Effectiveness; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 17044373110     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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