@inbook{c3f5ccc8ba354102bc5e021c55b4a18f,
title = "Systematic reviewing: Introduction, locating studies and data abstraction",
abstract = "A systematic review is essentially a systematic investigation of existing research data identified via a reproducible systematic search leading to data abstraction, appraisal of methodological quality, clinical relevance and consistency of published evidence on a specific clinical topic in order to provide clear suggestions for a specific health care problem. This can be followed by a quantitative synthesis, which, preserving the identity of individual studies, tries to provide an estimate of the overall effect of an intervention, exposure or diagnostic strategy. The latter is called a meta-analysis. This chapter outlines the procedure that needs to be followed to execute a standard systematic review.",
author = "Justin Clark",
year = "2013",
month = apr,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-37131-8_12",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-642-37130-1",
series = "Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "187--211",
editor = "Doi, {Suhail A. R.} and Williams, {Gail M.}",
booktitle = "Methods of Clinical Epidemiology",
address = "Germany",
}