Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials.
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Summary
The concept of study quality and the methods used to assess quality are discussed and the methodology for both the assessment of quality and its incorporation into systematic reviews and meta-analysis is discussed.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2001-07-07
- Cited by
- 2,910
- References
- 43
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2033890227
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Keywords
Internal validity, External validity, Systematic review, Quality (philosophy), Clinical trial
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