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Review
. 2004 Jan 3;328(7430):39-41.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.39.

Assessing the quality of research

Paul Glasziou  1 , Jan P Vandenbroucke, Iain Chalmers
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Review

Assessing the quality of research

Paul Glasziou et al. BMJ. .

Erratum in

  • BMJ. 2004 Sep 11;329(7466):621

Abstract

Inflexible use of evidence hierarchies confuses practitioners and irritates researchers. So how can we improve the way we assess research?

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Example of possible evidence table for short and long term effects of oral contraceptives. (Absolute effects will vary with age and other risk factors such as smoking and blood pressure. RCT = randomised controlled trial)
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