Systematic reviews in emergency medicine: Part II. Critical appraisal of review quality, data synthesis and result interpretation

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-411

  Zed, Peter J ^a,b   Rowe, Brian H ^c   Loewen, Peter S ^a,b   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; evidence based medicine; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011457106     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500008654     Document Type: Article

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