Characteristics of meta-analyses and their component studies in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: A cross-sectional, descriptive analysis

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Davey, Jonathan ^a   Turner, Rebecca M ^a   Clarke, Mike J ^b   Higgins, Julian Pt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LETTER; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 82055175725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-160     Document Type: Review

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