Just how plain are plain tobacco packs: re-analysis of a systematic review using multilevel meta-analysis suggests lessons about the comparative benefits of synthesis methods

Abstract Background Comparisons between narrative synthesis and meta-analysis as synthesis methods in systematic reviews are uncommon within the same systematic review. We re-analysed a systematic review on the effects of plain packaging of tobacco on attractiveness. We sought to compare different s...

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Main Authors: G J Melendez-Torres, James Thomas, Theo Lorenc, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Mark Petticrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0821-7