Intersection of systematic review methodology with the NIH reproducibility initiative

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Thayer, Kristina A ^a   Wolfe, Mary S ^a   Rooney, Andrew A ^a   Boyles, Abee L ^a   Bucher, John R ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903768884     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408671     Document Type: Editorial

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