Poor methodological quality and reporting standards of systematic reviews in burn care management

International Wound Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 754-763

  Wasiak, Jason ^a,b   Tyack, Zephanie ^c   Ware, Robert ^d   Goodwin, Nicholas ^e   Faggion, Clovis M ^f  

^a EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Blackburn North   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMSTAR; Burns; Methodological quality; PRISMA; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FUNDING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCAR; STANDARD; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WOUND CARE; BURN UNIT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 85007247337     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12692     Document Type: Article

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