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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:697
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

Book Review

Systematic Reviews in Health Care. Meta-analysis in Context.

M Egger, G Davey Smith, Doug Altman (eds). London: BMJ Books, 2001, pp. 487, £50.00. ISBN: 072791488X.

Jos Kleijnen and Gerd Antes

This book has been launched as the second edition of the book Systematic Reviews by Iain Chalmers and Doug Altman published by the BMJ Publishing Group in 1995. The first edition counts 8 chapters and 119 pages, this second edition 26 and 487. It really is a new book, and rightfully so, because so much has happened since 1995 in this field of interest.

Both its size and the detailed level of the contents mean that it is not bedtime reading . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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