Can meta-analysis be salvaged?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 783-787

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028534936     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117326     Document Type: Note

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