A Counterview on Data Quality and the Systematic Review Process for Occupational Injury Interventions. Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-378

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, John M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61649085684     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.01.017     Document Type: Letter

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