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Review
. 2019 Aug;34(8):1388-1389.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04976-x.

How Often Do Systematic Reviews Exclude Articles Not Published in English?

Jeffrey L Jackson  1 , Akira Kuriyama  2
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Review

How Often Do Systematic Reviews Exclude Articles Not Published in English?

Jeffrey L Jackson et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Aug.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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