Introduction to COSMOS-E: Guidance on conducting systematic reviews and Meta-analyses on etiology of observational studies

VernacularTitle:COSMOS-E：病因学观察性研究的系统综述和Meta分析制作指南与案例解读
Author: Weiwei WANG ¹ ; Zhirong YANG ; Qingxin ZHOU ; Shuyuan SHI ; Ge ZHANG ; Siyan ZHAN ; Feng SUN
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1. 首都医科大学附属北京安定医院，国家精神心理疾病临床医学研究中心，精神疾病诊断与治疗北京市重点实验室，北京　100088
Keywords: Etiology; Observational study; Systematic review; Guidance
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2020;41(12):2149-2159
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This paper introduces the conducting systematic reviews and Meta-analyses of observational studies of etiology (COSMOS-E) and illustrates the critical issues of COSMOS-E with a published systematic review. This document provides researchers with guidance on all steps in systematic reviews of observational studies of etiology, from shaping the research question, defining exposure and outcomes, to assessing the risk of bias and statistical analysis.