Simple robust procedures for combining risk differences in sets of 2 x 2 tables

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1465-1488

  Emerson, John D ^a   Hoaglin, David C ^b   Mosteller, Frederick ^c  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; META ANALYSIS; RISK; SAMPLE; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

EID: 0029898189     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4780151402     Document Type: Article

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