Eligibility criteria in systematic reviews published in prominent medical journals: A methodological review

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1052-1058

  McCrae, Niall ^a   Purssell, Edward ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bias; eligibility criteria; meta analysis; reporting; review; systematic review

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLARITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPLICABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84959576709     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12448     Document Type: Article

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