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. 2018 Jun;48(6):e12931.
doi: 10.1111/eci.12931. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews?

Trisha Greenhalgh  1 , Sally Thorne  2 , Kirsti Malterud  3
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Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews?

Trisha Greenhalgh et al. Eur J Clin Invest. 2018 Jun.
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