‘Clarity bordering on stupidity’: Where’s the quality in systematic review?

Knowledge Production: Research Work in Interesting Times

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-70

  MacLure, Maggie ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920847904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203609156     Document Type: Chapter

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