The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
Julian P T Higgins,Douglas G. Altman,Peter C Gøtzsche,Peter Jüni,David Moher,Andrew D Oxman,Jelena Savović,Kenneth F. Schulz,Laura Weeks,Jonathan A C Sterne +9 more
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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate.Abstract:
Flaws in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised trials can cause the effect of an intervention to be underestimated or overestimated. The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurateread more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: techniques and a guide for the academic surgeon
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Long-term effects of low-fat diets either low or high in protein on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Sedentary behaviour and health in adults: an overview of systematic reviews.
Travis J. Saunders,Travis McIsaac,Kevin Douillette,Nick Gaulton,Stephen Hunter,Ryan E. Rhodes,Stephanie A. Prince,Valerie Carson,Jean-Philippe Chaput,Sebastien F. M. Chastin,Sebastien F. M. Chastin,Lora Giangregorio,Ian Janssen,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Michelle E. Kho,Veronica J. Poitras,Kenneth E. Powell,Robert Ross,Amanda Ross-White,Mark S. Tremblay,Genevieve N. Healy +20 more
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Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2013 reviews
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Muscle weakness in hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review.
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