The development of a critical appraisal tool for use in systematic reviews addressing questions of prevalence

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 123-128

  Munn, Zachary ^a   Moola, Sandeep ^a   Riitano, Dagmara ^a   Lisy, Karolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Prevalence; Survey; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001945998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.71     Document Type: Article

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