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  2. Literature review - Wikipedia

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    A literature review can be a type of review article. In this sense, a literature review is a scholarly paper that presents the current knowledge including substantive findings as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources and do

  3. Case report - Wikipedia

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    Some case reports also contain a literature review of other reported cases. Case reports are professional narratives that provide feedback on clinical practice guidelines and offer a framework for early signals of effectiveness, adverse events, and cost. They can be shared for medical, scientific, or educational purposes.

  4. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta ...

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    The PRISMA flow diagram, depicting the flow of information through the different phases of a systematic review. PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is an evidence-based minimum set of items aimed at helping scientific authors to report a wide array of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, primarily used to assess the benefits and harms of a health care ...

  5. Systematic review - Wikipedia

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    A systematic review is a scholarly synthesis of the evidence on a clearly presented topic using critical methods to identify, define and assess research on the topic. [1] A systematic review extracts and interprets data from published studies on the topic (in the scientific literature), then analyzes, describes, critically appraises and summarizes interpretations into a refined evidence-based ...

  6. Proximity to point sources of environmental mercury release ...

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    Evidence from animal studies suggests that neonates lack the ability to efficiently excrete both methylmercury (Rowland et al., 1983) and inorganic mercury (Thomas and Smith, 1979), and that there is a higher lactational transfer of inorganic mercury than methylmercury (Sundberg et al., 1991a,b). Correspondingly, it has been shown that infants

  7. Research design - Wikipedia

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    Descriptive (e.g., case-study, naturalistic observation, survey) Correlational (e.g., case-control study, observational study) Experimental (e.g., field experiment, controlled experiment, quasi-experiment) Review (literature review, systematic review) Meta-analytic (meta-analysis) Sometimes a distinction is made between "fixed" and "flexible ...

  8. Review article - Wikipedia

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    A review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic within a certain discipline. [1] [2] A review article is generally considered a secondary source since it may analyze and discuss the method and conclusions in previously published studies.

  9. Leaded gas tied to millions of excess cases of psychiatric ...

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    The U.S. population experienced an estimated 151 million excess mental health disorders attributable to exposure to lead from car exhaust, according to a study.