An introduction to systematic reviews in animal health, animal welfare, and food safety

Animal Health Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-13

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence synthesis; meta analysis; narrative review; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL WELFARE; FOOD SAFETY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FOOD SAFETY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84902474837     PISSN: 14662523     EISSN: 14752654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146625231400005X     Document Type: Review

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