The assessment of the quality of reporting of systematic reviews/meta-analyses in diagnostic tests published by authors in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ge, Long ^a   Wang, Jian Cheng ^a   Li, Jin Long ^a   Liang, Li ^a   An, Ni ^a   Shi, Xin Tong ^a   Liu, Yin Chun ^a   Tian, Jinhui ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING BIAS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

AUTHORSHIP; CHINA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908178946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085908     Document Type: Article

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