Methodological quality of systematic reviews on influenza vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1678-1684

  Remschmidt, Cornelius ^a   Wichmann, Ole ^a   Harder, Thomas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMSTAR; Influenza vaccination; Meta analysis; Methodological quality; Quality appraisal tool; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMSTAR; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY; QUALITY APPRAISAL TOOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 84895890428     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.060     Document Type: Article

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