title: Intervention synthesis: a missing link between a systematic review and practical treatment(s).
abstract: Paul Glasziou and colleagues discuss methods to guide selection of an intervention from individual trials within a systematic review. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Glasziou
authors.affiliation: James Lind Initiative, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.affiliation: Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic