Systematic reviews on tobacco control from Cochrane and the Community Guide: Different methods, similar findings

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 596-606

  Rosen, Laura J ^a   Noach, Michal Ben ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Evidence based public health; Health policy; Systematic review; Task Force for Community Preventive Services; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77956632520     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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