Are child-centric aspects in newborn and child health systematic review and meta-analysis protocols and reports adequately reported?-two systematic reviews

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Farid Kapadia, Mufiza ^a   Joachim, Kariym C ^a   Balasingham, Chrinna ^a   Clyburne Sherin, April ^a   Offringa, Martin ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; PRISMA; PRISMA P; Protocol; Reporting guidelines; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA EXTRACTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85014468933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0423-9     Document Type: Article

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