| Literature DB >> 26069437 |
Jennifer M Zumsteg1, Joyce S Cooper2, Michael S Noon3.
Abstract
Systematic review, including meta-analysis, is increasingly utilized in life cycle assessment (LCA). There are currently no widely recognized guidelines for designing, conducting, or reporting systematic reviews in LCA. Other disciplines such as medicine, ecology, and software engineering have both recognized the utility of systematic reviews and created standardized protocols for conducting and reporting systematic reviews. Based largely on the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, which updated the preferred format for reporting of such reviews in biomedical research, we provide an introduction to the topic and a checklist to guide the reporting of future LCA reviews in a standardized format. The standardized technique for assessing and reporting reviews of LCA (STARR-LCA) checklist is a starting point for improving the utility of systematic reviews in LCA.Entities:
Keywords: academic publishing; bias; health care; industrial ecology; meta-analysis; reporting standards
Year: 2012 PMID： 26069437 PMCID： PMC4461004 DOI： 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00476.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ind Ecol ISSN： 1088-1980 Impact factor: 6.946