Rigour in Integrative Reviews

Reviewing Research Evidence for Nursing Practice: Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 149-156

  Whittemore, Robin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical problems; Methodological guidelines; Nursing; Sampling; Search strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891038706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692127.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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