Systematic reviews & meta-analyses

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 391-394

  Columb, M O ^a   Lalkhen, A G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33745728353     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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