Guidelines for reporting meta-epidemiological methodology research

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 139-142

  Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85026291074     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110713     Document Type: Article

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