British Medical Journal 'How to Read a Paper' Series

1. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. The Medline database. BMJ. 1997;315:180-3.

2. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about). BMJ. 1997;315:243-6.

3. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Assessing the methodological quality of published papers. BMJ. 1997;315:305-8.

4. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests. BMJ. 1997;315:364-6.

5. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls. BMJ. 1997;315:422-5.

6. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Papers that report drug trials. BMJ. 1997;315:480-3.

7. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests. BMJ. 1997;315:540-3.

8. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses). BMJ. 1997;315:596-9.

9. Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta- analyses). BMJ. 1997;315:672-5.

10. Greenhalgh T, Taylor R. How to read a paper. Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research). BMJ. 1997;315:740-3.


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Greenhalgh T. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine. London: BMJ Books, 1999.