Interpreting systematic reviews: Are we ready to make our own conclusions? A cross-sectional study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lai, Nai M ^a   Teng, Cheong L ^b   Lee, Ming L ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c Hospital Tuanku Jaafar   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EDUCATION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79953124457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-30     Document Type: Article

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