LitReviewPackage Overview

Please note that the pages on this website do not reflect the methods that were used to generate the final set of results for the GBD-2010 study, which was published in December 2012.

-- If you are interested in the methods or results of GBD-2010 and subsequent revisions, please visit the official website of IHME's GBD project (http://www.healthdata.org/gbd). The materials described on the website are now obsolete but these webpages have been retained as an internet archive of the work of the group.

-- Please visit the website www.globalburdenofinjuries.org to find out more about other closely related collaborations of our group members.

This document is a synthesis of the GBD Operations Manual and is devised in context of the Injury Expert Group. The purpose of this document is to give members a brief outline of what is expected within the literature reviews and give an overview of the types of publications and data that is useful in the literature review process.

Systematic Literature Review

GBD Project – Injury Group

Drafted by Claire Bryan-Hancock March 20^th 2009

Minor edits by Claire Bryan-Hancock and James Harrison May 8^th 2009

Compiled in reference to the GBD Operations Manual: Final Draft January 20, 2009