Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): Explanation and elaboration

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-89

  Welch, Vivian ^a   Petticrew, Mark ^b   Petkovic, Jennifer ^a   Moher, David ^c   Waters, Elizabeth ^d   White, Howard ^e   Tugwell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Health equity; Reporting guidelines; Research methodology; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEM FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOMENCLATURE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957438969     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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