Use of network meta-analysis in systematic reviews: A survey of authors

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lee, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Indirect comparison; Meta analysis; Mixed treatment comparison; Research design trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUESTIONNAIRE; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955308670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-015-0174-4     Document Type: Article

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