Leitch I (1959)

The place of analytical and critical reviews in any growing biological science and the service they may render to research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information, 2 Vols. Washington DC: National Academies Press, p 571-588.
Isabella Leitch was one of the first people to recognise that reviews of research evidence (sometimes referred to as ‘secondary research’) need to respect the same scientific principles as those that were becoming accepted for the design of ‘primary’ research.

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Isabella Leitch (1890-1980)

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Sir John Boyd Orr and Isabella Leitch

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