Study flow diagrams in Cochrane systematic review updates: An adapted PRISMA flow diagram

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stovold, Elizabeth ^a   Beecher, Deirdre ^b   Foxlee, Ruth ^c   Noel Storr, Anna ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cochrane Editorial Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature searching; PRISMA statement; Reporting standards; Review updates; Study flow diagrams; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; LITERATURE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISMA FLOW DIAGRAM; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLISHING;

DATA DISPLAY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907260902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-54     Document Type: Note

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