Advantages and disadvantages of the meta-analysis approach

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Fagard, Robert H ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Meta analysis; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029903574     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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