Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis

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These documents are provided in support of the training provided for HSPH classes EPI233 and EPI528.

Greyson D, Rafferty E, Slater L, MacDonald N, Bettinger JA, Dubé È, MacDonald SE. Systematic review searches must be systematic, comprehensive, and transparent: a critique of Perman et al. BMC Public Health. 2019 Feb 4;19(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6275-y. PubMed PMID: 30717742.

Ioannidis JP. The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. Milbank Q. 2016 Sep;94(3):485-514. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12210. PubMed PMID: 27620683; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5020151.

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