Misleading funnel plot for detection of bias in meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 477-484

  Tang, Jin Ling ^a   Liu, Joseph LY ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Funnel plot; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Randomized controlled trials; Selection bias; Statistical method; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034192326     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00204-8     Document Type: Article

References (1)

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