Systematic reviews: Perhaps “the answer to policy makers’ prayers”?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 262-263

  Fox, Daniel M ^a   Bero, Lisa ^b,c  

^a Milbank Memorial Fund   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; TOXICITY;

DANGEROUS GOODS; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPRYLATES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84907609943     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408599     Document Type: Editorial

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