The use and misuse of meta-analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 373-378

  Lecky, F E ^a,b   Little, R A ^a,b   Brennan, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b North Western Injury Research Centre

^c ARC Epidemiology Unit

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Randomised controlled trials; Selective decontamination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029957632     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.373     Document Type: Article

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