Systematic reviews: When is an update an update?

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9514, 2006, Pages 881-883

  Moher, David ^a   Tsertsvadze, Alexander ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EMBASE; ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 33645008940     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68358-X     Document Type: Note

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