An AMSTAR assessment of the methodological quality of systematic reviews of oral healthcare interventions published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS)

Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 440-447

  Sequeira Byron, Patrick ^a   Fedorowicz, Zbys ^b   Jagannath, Vanitha A ^b   Sharif, Mohammad Owaise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Bahrain Branch of the UK Cochrane Centre   (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMSTAR; Methodology; Quality; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053910271     PISSN: 16787757     EISSN: 16787765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572011000500002     Document Type: Review

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