Methodology and reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies in psychiatric epidemiology: Systematic review

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 446-453

  Brugha, Traolach S ^a   Matthews, Ruth ^a   Morgan, Zoe ^a   Hill, Trevor ^a   Alonso, Jordi ^b   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862019015     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.098103     Document Type: Review

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