Methods for developing evidence reviews in short periods of time: A scoping review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Abou Setta, Ahmed M ^a   Jeyaraman, Maya ^a   Attia, Abdelhamid ^b   Al Inany, Hesham G ^b   Ferri, Mauricio ^c   Ansari, Mohammed T ^d   Garritty, Chantelle M ^d   Bond, Kenneth ^e   Norris, Susan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; CROWDSOURCING; DATA EXTRACTION; E-MAIL; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; STUDY DESIGN; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85002803807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165903     Document Type: Review

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