Formulating questions to explore complex interventions within qualitative evidence synthesis

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Booth, Andrew ^a   Noyes, Jane ^b   Flemming, Kate ^c   Moore, Graham ^d   Tunçalp, Özge ^e   Shakibazadeh, Elham ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 85068506501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001107     Document Type: Article

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