Including mixed methods research in systematic reviews: Examples from qualitative syntheses in TB and malaria control

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Atkins, Salla ^a   Launiala, Annika ^b   Kagaha, Alexander ^c   Smith, Helen ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MALARIA; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84862183548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-62     Document Type: Article

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