Survey of systematic reviews in dentistry

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-473

  Bader, James ^a   Ismail, Amid ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ADA Council on Scientific Affairs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DENTISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 2342583279     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0212     Document Type: Article

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