The Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on the Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Cancer Pain Management

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 781-791

  Song, Youngshin ^a   Oh, Minhye ^b   Park, Seyeon ^a   Park, Myouyun ^b   Kim, Kyoungok ^b   Lee, Ukyoung ^a   Park, Myonghwa ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CANCER PAIN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84943448480     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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