How to write a Cochrane systematic review

Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-624

  Henderson, Lorna K ^a,b   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,c   Willis, Narelle S ^a   Tovey, David ^d   Webster, Angela C ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Cochrane Editorial Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; INTERNET; NEPHROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEPHROLOGY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 77956196137     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Review

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