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Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews of Biomedical Research: A Cross-Sectional Study
PLoS Medicine · 2016 · Vol. 13(5) · pp. e1002028–e1002028
Matthew J. Page(University of Bristol)Larissa Shamseer(University of Ottawa)Douglas G. Altman(University of Oxford)Jennifer Tetzlaff(Ottawa Hospital)Margaret Sampson(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario)Andrea C. Tricco(St. Michael's Hospital)Ferrán Catalá-López(Universitat de València)Lun Li(First Hospital of Lanzhou University)Emma K. Reid(Vancouver General Hospital)Rafael Sarkis‐Onofre(Universidade Federal de Pelotas)David Moher✉(University of Ottawa)
Abstract
An increasing number of SRs are being published, and many are poorly conducted and reported. Strategies are needed to help reduce this avoidable waste in research.
Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsClinical practice guidelines implementationAcademic Writing and PublishingMedicineMEDLINESystematic reviewEpidemiologyCross-sectional studySample size determinationMeta-analysisFamily medicinePathologyStatistics
MeSH terms
Cross-Sectional StudiesEpidemiologic MethodsHumansResearch DesignReview Literature as TopicBiomedical Research
Funding
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Governo Brasil
- Generalitat Valenciana
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
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