Issues related to the conduct of systematic reviews: A focus on the nutrition field

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1191-1199

  Moher, David ^a,b,c   Tricco, Andrea C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 55849109210     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26255     Document Type: Review

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