Is there a "best" way to detect and minimize publication bias?: An empirical evaluation

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-125

  Ba'Pham, ^a   Platt, Robert ^b   McAuley, Laura ^c   Klassen, Terry P ^d   Moher, David ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STANDARD;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035186197     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01632780122034830     Document Type: Article

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