Reliability and external validity of AMSTAR in assessing quality of TCM systematic reviews

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kang, Deying ^a   Wu, Yuxia ^a   Hu, Dan ^b   Hong, Qi ^a   Wang, Jialiang ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Medical Information   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A MEASUREMENT TOOL TO ASSESS SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA BASE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OVERVIEW QUALITY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84863279520     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/732195     Document Type: Review

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