Introducing conceptual and analytical clarity on dimensions of complexity in systematic reviews of complex interventions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1202-1204

  Tharyan, Prathap ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVENTION STUDY; NOTE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SANITATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84884993595     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.004     Document Type: Note

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