How to report a review?

Authors

  • Giuseppe La Torre Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome
  • Brigid Unim Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7175/rhc.v2i3.45

Keywords:

Narrative reviews, Systematic reviews, Journals

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2011-06-23

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011)

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Letter to the Editor

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