Multiple-outcome meta-analysis of clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-557

  Berkey, C S ^a,d   Anderson, J J ^b   Hoaglin, D C ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; GOLD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AURANOFIN; GOLD; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029989214     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960315)15:5<537::AID-SIM176>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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