THE EFFECT OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RESTRICTION ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEW-BASED META-ANALYSES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Objectives: The English language is generally perceived to be the universal language of science. However, the exclusive reliance on English-language studies may not represent all of the evidence. Excluding languages other than English (LOE) may introduce a language bias and lead to erroneous conclus...

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Published in:	International journal of technology assessment in health care Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 138 - 144
Main Authors:	Morrison, Andra, Polisena, Julie, Husereau, Don, Moulton, Kristen, Clark, Michelle, Fiander, Michelle, Mierzwinski-Urban, Monika, Clifford, Tammy, Hutton, Brian, Rabb, Danielle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2012
Subjects:	Alternative medicine Bias Bibliographic data bases Clinical trials Constrictions Data Collection Databases, Bibliographic Databases, Factual Design engineering English language Estimates Health care Health services Health technology assessment Humans Inclusions Information Dissemination - methods Language Literature reviews Medicine Meta-analysis Meta-Analysis as Topic Publication Bias Publishing R&D Research & development Restrictions Review Literature as Topic Systematic review Conventional medicine Meta-analyses Methodology Language bias
ISSN:	0266-4623, 1471-6348, 1471-6348
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