The selection of search sources influences the findings of a systematic review of peoples views: A case study in public health

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stansfield, Claire ^a   Kavanagh, Josephine ^a   Rees, Rebecca ^a   Gomersall, Alan ^b   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862202155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-55     Document Type: Review

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