The systematic review report

Collegian

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 8-11

  Evans, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

publishing; report; review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33745646134     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60448-5     Document Type: Article

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