Meta-analysis by random effect modelling in generalized linear models

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 17-18, 1999, Pages 2343-2351

  Aitkin, Murray ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033619211     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990915/30)18:17/18<2343::AID-SIM260>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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