Evidence-based biomedical research in Sub-Saharan Africa: how library and information science professionals contribute to systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Objective: This study investigated the contributions of library and information science (LIS) professionals to systematic reviews and meta-analyses with authors from Sub-Saharan Africa. It also investigated how the first author's address and type of collaboration affected the involvement of LIS prof...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 72 - 81 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jan2022
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