Overview of reviews in child health: Evidence synthesis and the knowledge base for a specific population

Evidence-Based Child Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Thomson, Denise ^a   Foisy, Michelle ^a,b   Oleszczuk, Marta ^a   Wingert, Aireen ^a   Chisholm, Annabritt ^c   Hartling, Lisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Evidence based medicine; Overviews; Paediatrics; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LITERATURE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN; OVERVIEWS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; OVERVIEWS; PAEDIATRICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MALE; POLICY MAKING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872230909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15576272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1897     Document Type: Article

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