PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2012 Dec 11

PMID 23222917

Citations 276

Authors

Vivian Welch

Mark Petticrew

Peter Tugwell

David Moher

Jennifer ONeill

Elizabeth Waters

Howard White

Affiliations

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