The emergence of systematic review in toxicology

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-16

  Stephens, Martin L ^a   Betts, Kellyn ^b   Beck, Nancy B ^c   Cogliano, Vincent ^d   Dickersin, Kay ^a   Fitzpatrick, Suzanne ^e   Freeman, James ^f   Gray, George ^g   Hartung, Thomas ^a,h   McPartland, Jennifer ⁱ   Rooney, Andrew A ^j   Scherer, Roberta W ^a   Verloo, Didier ^k   Hoffmann, Sebastian ^l  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Freelance Science and Technology Writer   (United States)

^c American Chemistry Council   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^k EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^l Seh Consulting + Services   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Data integration; Risk of bias; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MARYLAND; ORGANIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; ANIMAL; CONSENSUS; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84991338362     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw059     Document Type: Article

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