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标题：Quality of reviews in epidemiology.
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作者：R A Breslow ; S A Ross ; D L Weed 等
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：1998
卷号：88
期号：3
页码：475-477
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：OBJECTIVES: This study examined the quality of recent reviews in epidemiology. METHODS: All 1995 issues of 7 widely read epidemiology journals were searched to identify reviews. RESULTS: Twenty-nine reviews were identified. Methodology was not specified or incomplete for literature searches in 79% of reviews; the same was true for inclusion criteria in 83% and for combining studies in 62%. More than 60% of the reviews were not methodologically systematic. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to improve the quality of review papers in epidemiology. If systematic methodology were followed more frequently, epidemiologic science and its application could be improved.