The landscape of systematic reviews in urology (1998 to 2015): an assessment of methodological quality

BJU International

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 638-649

  Han, Julia L ^a   Gandhi, Shreyas ^b   Bockoven, Crystal G ^c   Narayan, Vikram M ^d   Dahm, Philipp ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR); evidence based medicine; methodological quality; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLOGY; VALIDITY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; UROLOGY;

EID: 84991447056     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13653     Document Type: Article

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