Journal article
Methodologic Issues in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Abstract
Systematic reviews of original research are increasing in number. Systematic reviews are distinct from narrative reviews because they address a specific clinical question, require a comprehensive literature search, use explicit selection criteria to identify relevant studies, assess the methodologic quality of included studies, explore differences among study results, and either qualitatively or quantitatively synthesize study results. …
Authors
Montori VM; Swiontkowski MF; Cook DJ
Journal
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, Vol. 413, No. &NA;, pp. 43–54
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
8 2003
DOI
10.1097/01.blo.0000079322.41006.5b
ISSN
0009-921X