Tools for assessing quality and risk of bias by levels of evidence

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-429

  Lim, Sun Mi ^a   Shin, Ein Soon ^b   Lee, Sun Hee ^b   Seo, Kyung Hwa ^a   Jung, Yu Min ^b   Jang, Ji Eun ^b  

^a Research Organization Team   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cochrane's tool; Downs and black instrument; Jadad's scale; Newcastle Ottawa scale; Van tulder scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955621158     PISSN: 19758456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2011.54.4.419     Document Type: Article

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