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Systematic Reviews

Why Search Grey Literature?

  • Impacts publication bias
  • Can alleviate the effect size of study interventions
  • Enhances the level of evidence

Search Methods

  • Hand Search of journals in the field - which journals are important in this field?
  • Citation Search - which papers have cited this article?
  • Bibliographies of Articles - what other papers does this author cite?
  • Pertinent Authors - who is important in this field?

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