More detailed guidance on the inclusion/exclusion of retracted articles in systematic reviews is needed

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2019, Pages 133-134

  Faggion, Clovis Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACCURACY; EDITOR; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85075738380     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.07.006     Document Type: Article

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