Systematic mixed-methods reviews are not ready to be assessed with the available tools

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 926-928

  Bouchard, Karine ^a   Dubuisson, Wilhelm ^a   Simard, Jacques ^a,b   Dorval, Michel ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC MIXED METHOD REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959700470     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.01.002     Document Type: Letter

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