Children in reviews: Methodological issues in child-relevant evidence syntheses

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cramer, Kristie ^a   Wiebe, Natasha ^b   Moyer, Virginia ^c   Hartling, Lisa ^a   Williams, Katrina ^d   Swingler, George ^e   Klassen, Terry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL CARE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG THERAPY; INFANT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444459415     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-38     Document Type: Review

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