Journal article
Biological plausibility in environmental health systematic reviews: a GRADE concept paper
Abstract
BACKGROUND: "Biological plausibility" is a concept frequently referred to in environmental and public health when researchers are evaluating how confident they are in the results and inferences of a study or evidence review. Biological plausibility is not, however, a domain of one of the most widely used approaches for assessing the certainty of evidence (CoE) which underpins the findings of a systematic review, the Grading of Recommendations, …
Authors
Whaley P; Piggott T; Morgan RL; Hoffmann S; Tsaioun K; Schwingshackl L; Ansari MT; Thayer KA; Schünemann HJ
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 146, , pp. 32–46
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.02.011
ISSN
0895-4356