'It is surely a great criticism of our profession.' The next 20 years of equity focused systematic reviews

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-292

  Petticrew, M ^a,b   Welch, V ^a   Tugwell, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EFFICACY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84894596451     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203400     Document Type: Editorial

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