Searching and synthesising 'grey literature' and 'grey information' in public health: Critical reflections on three case studies

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Adams, Jean ^a,b,c   Hillier Brown, Frances C ^c,d   Moore, Helen J ^c,d   Lake, Amelia A ^c,d   Araujo Soares, Vera ^b,c   White, Martin ^a,b,c   Summerbell, Carolyn ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Translational Research in Public Health a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre for Translational Research in Public Health NIHR School for Public Health Research   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence synthesis; Grey information; Grey literature; Interventions; Public health; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOKING; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBSERVER BIAS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84989352574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0337-y     Document Type: Article

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