A meta-analytic approach to determine the state of the science on implant dentistry

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 22, Issue , 2007, Pages 11-18

  Proskin, Howard M ^a   Jeffcoat, Robert L ^b   Catlin, Annette ^c   Campbell, Jillian ^a   Jeffcoat, Marjorie K ^c  

^a Howard M Proskin & Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Vine Brook Research Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847780571     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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