SYRCLE's risk of bias tool for animal studies

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hooijmans, Carlijn R ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   De Vries, Rob B M ^a   Leenaars, Marlies ^a   Ritskes Hoitinga, Merel ^a   Langendam, Miranda W ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Methodological quality; Risk of bias; Systematic reviews; Tool; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84907187721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-43     Document Type: Article

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