A review of quality assessment of the methodology used in guidelines and systematic reviews on oral mucositis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Potting, Carin ^a   Mistiaen, Patriek ^b   Poot, Else ^c   Blijlevens, Nicole ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Centre for Excellence in Nursing   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mucositis; Nurses; Nursing; Quality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOMATITIS;

EID: 57649170933     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02493.x     Document Type: Article

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