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Comment
. 2017 Sep 15;8(5):789-790.
doi: 10.3945/an.117.016188. Print 2017 Sep.

Comment on "Perspective: NutriGrade: A Scoring System to Assess and Judge the Meta-Evidence of Randomized Controlled Trials and Cohort Studies in Nutrition Research"

Joerg J Meerpohl  1 , Celeste E Naude  2 , Paul Garner  3 , Reem A Mustafa  4 , Holger J Schünemann  5
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Comment on "Perspective: NutriGrade: A Scoring System to Assess and Judge the Meta-Evidence of Randomized Controlled Trials and Cohort Studies in Nutrition Research"

Joerg J Meerpohl et al. Adv Nutr. .
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Author disclosures: JJM, CEN, PG, REM, and HJS, no conflicts of interest. All authors are members of the GRADE Working Group.

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  • Reply to JJ Meerpohl et al.
    Schwingshackl L, Knüppel S, Schwedhelm C, Hoffmann G, Missbach B, Stelmach-Mardas M, Dietrich S, Eichelmann F, Kontopantelis E, Iqbal K, Aleksandrova K, Lorkowski S, Leitzmann MF, Kroke A, Boeing H. Schwingshackl L, et al. Adv Nutr. 2017 Sep 15;8(5):790-791. doi: 10.3945/an.117.016469. Print 2017 Sep. Adv Nutr. 2017. PMID: 28916580 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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