Survey of quality assessment methods of included studies in overviews of reviews

Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-242

  Yuan, Jin Qiu ^a,b   Liu, Ya Li ^a   Yang, Ke Hu ^a   Chen, Yao Long ^a   Yang, Man ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Overview of reviews; Quality assessment method; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASSENDELFT SCALE; CHECKLIST; EFFECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE PROJECT STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF FORMULATED STANDARD; STANDARD; SYNTAXIC STANDARD;

EID: 84859983551     PISSN: 16722531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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