The Cochrane Collaboration: From outside and from within;La Colaboración Cochrane por fuera y por dentro

Revista Espanola de Pediatria

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-303

  Balaguer Santamaria A ^a,d   Gonzalez De Dios J ^b   Bonfill, X ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Collaborative Review Groups; Evidence based medicine; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 25844515161     PISSN: 0034947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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