Introduction to Systematic Reviews in Animal Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages 3-9

  Sargeant, J M ^a,b   O'Connor, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Narrative review; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84901976781     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12128     Document Type: Review

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