Cochrane: The unfinished symphony of research synthesis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Roberts, Ian ^a   Ker, Katharine ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VALIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LITERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLISHING; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84987736100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0290-9     Document Type: Editorial

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