Assessing evidence in public health: The added value of GRADE

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-635

  Burford, Belinda J ^a,b   Rehfuess, Eva ^c   Schünemann, Holger J ^d   Akl, Elie A ^d,e   Waters, Elizabeth ^a,b   Armstrong, Rebecca ^a,b   Thomson, Hilary ^f   Doyle, Jodie ^a,b   Pettman, Tahna ^a,b  

^a Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STANDARD;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870162741     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds092     Document Type: Review

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