Are systematic reviews taking heterogeneity into account? An analysis from the infectious diseases module of the Cochrane Library

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-233

  Hahn, Seokyung ^a,b   Garner, Paul ^a   Williamson, Paula ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0033867563     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2000.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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