Risk of bias tool in systematic reviews/meta-analyses of acupuncture in Chinese journals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Yali ^a   Yang, Shengping ^a   Dai, Junjie ^a   Xu, Yongteng ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Jiang, Huaili ^a   Yan, Xianxia ^a   Yang, Kehu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOXIBUSTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK OF BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PUBLISHING;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHINA; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 83055163851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028130     Document Type: Review

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