The need for systematic reviews of animal studies

Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-5

  Pound, Pandora ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal study; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20044384887     PISSN: 16722531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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