The method quality of cross-over studies involved in Cochrane Systematic Reviews

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ding, Hong ^a   Hu, Guang Li ^a   Zheng, Xue Yan ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Threapleton, Diane Erin ^b   Zhou, Zeng Huan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE (TOPIC); GRADE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; LITERATURE;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84929483844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120519     Document Type: Article

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