Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the health sciences: Best practice methods for research syntheses

Blair T. Johnson and Emily A. Hennessy

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 233, issue C, 237-251

Abstract: The journal Social Science & Medicine recently adopted the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA; Moher et al., 2009) as guidelines for authors to use when disseminating their systematic reviews (SRs).

Keywords: Meta-analysis; Systematic reviews; Evidence synthesis; Research synthesis; Methodological quality; Risk of bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.035

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