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. 2009 Jul 21;6(7):e1000097.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097. Epub 2009 Jul 21.

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher  1 , Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G Altman; PRISMA Group
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher et al. PLoS Med. .
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Figure 1. Flow of information through the different phases of a systematic review.
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