Meta-analysis in pain relief: A valuable but easily misused tool

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 426-429

  Jadad, Alejandro R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029799896     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199610000-00017     Document Type: Short Survey

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