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Narrative or systematic reviews: can we be more ‘evidence-based’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

David Barer
David Barer
Affiliation:
University Department of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine), Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 365 - 367
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