An evaluation of harvest plots to display results of meta-analyses in overviews of reviews: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Crick, Katelynn ^a   Wingert, Aireen ^b,c   Williams, Katrina ^b,d   Fernandes, Ricardo M ^b,e   Thomson, Denise ^b,c   Hartling, Lisa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Cochrane Collaboration ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Data presentation; Graphs; Harvest plots; Knowledge synthesis; Meta analysis; Overviews of reviews; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945245007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0084-0     Document Type: Article

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