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Comment
. 2018 Mar;113(3):409-410.
doi: 10.1111/add.14143.

Fostering transparency in e-cigarette research synthesis: the utility and limitations of methodological hierarchies

Andrea C Villanti  1   2 , Raymond S Niaura  2   3 , Jennifer L Pearson  2   4 , Allison M Glasser  3 , David B Abrams  2   3
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Fostering transparency in e-cigarette research synthesis: the utility and limitations of methodological hierarchies

Andrea C Villanti et al. Addiction. 2018 Mar.

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Abstract

Where the evidence meets the criteria for informing the scientific question, we can begin to synthesize findings, even if only a few studies address our question of interest. The key work of our hierarchy – and of criteria like ours – is to determine which studies are informative in this regard.

Keywords: Cigarettes; e-cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; nicotine; smoking cessation; tobacco.

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