Identifying Randomised Trials

Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-86

  Lefebvre, Carol ^a   Clarke, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Conference proceedings; Journals; Randomised trials; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948770750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693926.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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