Scope and quality of Cochrane reviews of nutrition interventions: A cross-sectional study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Naude, Celeste E ^a   Durao, Solange ^b   Harper, Abigail ^a   Volmink, Jimmy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cochrane; Diet; Food; Nutrition; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD UNDERNUTRITION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INTERVENTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; LITERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85018517213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0244-7     Document Type: Review

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