Occupational therapists should be more involved in the cochrane collaboration: The example of the Australian cochrane musculoskeletal review group

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-211

  Martin, Elizabeth ^a   Baggaley, Katherine ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,c,d   Johnston, Renea ^a,c,d   Tugwell, Peter ^e   Maxwell, Lara ^e   Santesso, Nancy ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Inner South Community Health Service Inc

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based research; Occupational therapy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONNEL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 49849105639     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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