Systematic Reviews in Health Research

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<p><b>Systematic Reviews in Health Research</b></p><p><b>Explore the cutting-edge of systematic reviews in healthcare</b></p><p>In this Third Edition of the classic<i>Systematic Reviews</i> textbook, now titled<i>Systematic Reviews in Health Research</i>, a team of distinguished researchers deliver a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the rapidly evolving area of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. The book demonstrates why systematic reviewswhen conducted properlyprovide the highest quality evidence on clinical and public health interventions and shows how they contribute to inference in many other contexts. The new edition reflects the broad role of systematic reviews, including:</p><ul><li>Twelve new chapters, covering additional study designs, methods and software, for example, on genetic association studies, prediction models, prevalence studies, network and dose-response meta-analysis</li><li>Thorough update of 15 chapters focusing on systematic reviews of interventions</li><li>Access to a companion website offering supplementary materials and practical exercises (www.systematic-reviews3.org)</li></ul><p>A key text for health researchers,<i>Systematic Reviews in Health Research</i> is also an indispensable resource for practitioners, students, and instructors in the health sciences needing to understand research synthesis.</p>

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<p><b>Matthias Egger</b> is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland and the Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa.</p><p><b> Julian P.T. Higgins</b> is Professor of Evidence Synthesis at Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.<p><b>George Davey Smith</b> is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Director of the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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