What kind of systematic review should i conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Munn, Zachary ^a   Stern, Cindy ^a   Aromataris, Edoardo ^a   Lockwood, Craig ^a   Jordan, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based healthcare; Question development; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85040344395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-017-0468-4     Document Type: Review

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