Is meta-analysis a metaphysical or a scientific method?

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 832-834

  Arriagada, Rodrigo ^a   Pignon, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a Instituto de Radiomedicina Santiago   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Postoperative radiotherapy; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; METAPHYSICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 0033796745     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.3.832     Document Type: Article

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