The rationale for rating risk of bias should be fully reported

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 238-

  Faggion, Clovis Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK OF BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; RISK;

EID: 84975517714     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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