The randomised controlled trial to meta-analysis ratio: Original data versus systematic reviews in the medical literature

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1265, 2007, Pages

  Bolland, Mark J ^a   Grey, Andrew ^a   Reid, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LITERATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 37249043684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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