Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 8, 1987, Pages 450-455

  Sacks, Henry S ^a   Berrier, Jayne ^a   Reitman, Dinah ^a   Ancona Berk, V A ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0023124103     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198702193160806     Document Type: Article

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