Methodologic quality of systematic reviews published in the plastic and reconstructive surgery literature: A systematic review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 225e-236e

  Samargandi, Osama A ^a   Hasan, Haroon ^a   Thoma, Achilleas ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84952682683     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001898     Document Type: Review

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