Considering methodological options for reviews of theory: Illustrated by a review of theories linking income and health

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, Mhairi ^a   Egan, Matt ^b   Lorenc, Theo ^c   Bond, Lyndal ^d   Popham, Frank ^a   Fenton, Candida ^a   Benzeval, Michaela ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d The Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Review; Systematic review; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRIME; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THEORY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928009555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-114     Document Type: Article

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