Evidence map of studies evaluating methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews of systematic reviews of interventions: Rationale and design

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lunny, Carole ^a   Brennan, Sue E ^a   McDonald, Steve ^a   McKenzie, Joanne E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence map; Evidenced based methods; Overviews of systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84953220524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-015-0178-0     Document Type: Article

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