Use of hierarchical models for meta-analysis: Experience in the metabolic ward studies of diet and blood cholesterol

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1657-1676

  Frost, Chris ^a   Clarke, Robert ^b   Beacon, Heather ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHOLESTEROL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033565435     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990715)18:13<1657::AID-SIM155>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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