Missing the forest (plot) for the trees? A critique of the systematic review in tobacco control

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rosen, Laura J ^a   Ben Noach, Michal ^a   Rosenberg, Elliot ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 77951105425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-34     Document Type: Review

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