How can we improve the interpretation of systematic reviews?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tricco, Andrea C ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^a,b   Moher, David ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ARTICLE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953753752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-31     Document Type: Note

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