Diagnostic statistical procedures in medical meta-analyses

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 17-18, 1999, Pages 2331-2341

  Olkin, Ingram ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUCINDOLOL; CARVEDILOL; METOPROLOL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0033619209     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990915/30)18:17/18<2331::AID-SIM259>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Conference Paper

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