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Evidence synthesis methods are described and illustrated with contemporary examples to assist readers in navigating and understanding the voluminous medical literature.
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This editorial provides a primer on methods for synthesizing evidence in medical literature.
In this editorial, I shall describe methods commonly used for synthesizing evidence and review some contemporary examples of how this methodology has been applied to the peer-reviewed literature. It is my hope that the reader will find this interesting, but more importantly useful as you find yourself reading the evermore voluminous medical literature.
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Donald S. Likosky (2006) studied this question. Evidence synthesis methods are described and illustrated with contemporary examples to assist readers in navigating and understanding the voluminous medical literature.
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