Steps in the undertaking of a systematic review in orthopaedic surgery

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-484

  Sambunjak, Dario ^a,b   Franić, Miljenko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Branch of the Italian Cochrane Centre   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84859160905     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1460-y     Document Type: Review

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