Contributions of systematic review and meta-analysis to public health;Aportaciones de la revisión sistemática y del metaanálisis a la salud pública

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-489

  Rodríguez, Miguel Delgado ^a   Pérez, Silvia Palma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847128814     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: 16969820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1135-57272006000500007     Document Type: Review

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