Quasi-experimental study designs series—paper 8: identifying quasi-experimental studies to inform systematic reviews

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-76

  Glanville, Julie ^a   Eyers, John ^b   Jones, Andrew M ^c   Shemilt, Ian ^d   Wang, Grace ^e   Johansen, Marit ^f   Fiander, Michelle ^g   Rothstein, Hannah ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d EPPI Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Information retrieval; Quasi experimental studies; Search strategies; Study identification; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REGISTRATION; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85019722675     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.02.018     Document Type: Article

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