Umbrella reviews, overviews of reviews, and meta-epidemiologic studies: Similarities and differences

Umbrella Reviews: Evidence Synthesis with Overviews of Reviews and Meta-Epidemiologic Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 43-54

  Tsagris, Michail ^a   Fragkos, Konstantinos C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85019623977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25655-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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