What evidence underlies clinical practice in paediatric surgery? A systematic review assessing choice of study design

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Allin, Benjamin ^a,b   Aveyard, Nicholas ^a   Campion Smith, Timothy ^a   Floyd, Eleanor ^c   Kimpton, James ^a   Swarbrick, Kate ^c,d   Williams, Emma ^c,d   Knight, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PUBLICATION; STUDY DESIGN; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84962507250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150864     Document Type: Article

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