Analysis of quality of interventions in systematic reviews

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7515, 2005, Pages 507-509

  Herbert, Robert D ^a   Bø, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 24344493103     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.507     Document Type: Review

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