Methodological quality and descriptive characteristics of prosthodontic-related systematic reviews

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-278

  Aziz, T ^a   Compton, S ^a   Nassar, U ^a   Matthews, D ^b   Ansari, K ^a   Flores Mir, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Evidence based dentistry; Prosthodontics; Publications; Research design; Review

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROSTHODONTICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874956592     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joor.12028     Document Type: Review

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