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College of Pharmacy Research Guide

Types of Review Articles

Type of review article

Are the literature search strategies described in the article?

How much of the relevant literature is reviewed?

Is data from different trials combined and re-analyzed?

narrative review

no

at the discretion of the review's author

no

systematic review

yes

all high quality evidence meeting inclusion criteria

no

meta-analysis

yes

all high quality evidence meeting inclusion criteria

yes