GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence—indirectness

Gordon Guyatt; Andrew D Oxman; Regina Kunz; James Woodcock; Jan Brożek; Mark Helfand; Pablo Alonso‐Coello; Yngve Falck–Ytter; Roman Jaeschke; Gunn Elisabeth Vist; Elie A. Akl; Piet N. Post; Susan L. Norris; Joerg J Meerpohl; Vijay K. Shukla; Mona Nasser; Holger J. Schünemann

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.014

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Psychological interventionPresumptionIntervention (counseling)PsychologyQuality (philosophy)Outcome (game theory)MedicinePsychiatry

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Year: 2011
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Volume: 64
Issue: 12
Pages: 1303-1310
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                                    Gordon Guyatt, 
                                
                                    Andrew D Oxman, 
                                
                                    Regina Kunz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence—indirectness. 
                            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
                            , 64
                            (12)
                            , 1303-1310.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.014
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.014