Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44 , February 2008

Meta-analysis as a tool for evidence-based practice: an example using the Rice meta-analysis of smoking cessation interventions

  • Elizabeth E. Leonard, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Health System, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Christine A. Wynd, PhD, RN, CNAA

      Affiliations

    • Ursuline College, The Breen School of Nursing, Pepper Pike, OH 44124, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 440 646 8166; fax: +1 440 449 4267.

Received 10 August 2005 ,Accepted 18 August 2006.

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PII: S0897-1897(07)00136-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.011

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44 , February 2008

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