The value of the aggregate data approach in meta-analysis with time-to-event outcomes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 357-370

  Tudur, Catrin ^b   Williamson, Paula R ^c   Khan, Saboor ^c   Best, Lesley Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aggregate data; Individual patient data; Meta analysis; Time to event outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648181     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00207     Document Type: Article

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