Meta-analysis of randomized trials: Looking back and looking ahead

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 594-601

  Yusuf, Salim ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0030702901     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(97)00052-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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