Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 651-654, July 2001

The art of quality assessment of RCTs included in systematic reviews

  • Arianne P Verhagen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 408 8109; fax: +31 10 408.9491.(A.P. Verhagen)
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  • Henrica C.W de Vet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Institute of Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Robert A de Bie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Maarten Boers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Vrije Universiteit, University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Piet A van den Brandt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 4 January 2000; received in revised form 3 October 2000; accepted 23 October 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 651-654, July 2001

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