Systematic Reviews: A Social Work Perspective

Australian Social Work

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-295

  Crisp, Beth R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based Practice; Reporting Guidelines; Social Work Publications; Social Work Research; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937251839     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2015.1024266     Document Type: Article

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