Trusting systematic reviews and meta-analyses: All that glitters is not gold!

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1100-1101

  Weir, Adam ^a   Rabia, Safia ^a   Ardern, Clare ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84994560060     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095896     Document Type: Editorial

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