Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic reviews

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lucas, Patricia J ^a   Baird, Janis ^b   Arai, Lisa ^c   Law, Catherine ^d   Roberts, Helen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; WORK; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 33846786423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-4     Document Type: Article

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