Forest plots: Trying to see the wood and the trees

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7300, 2001, Pages 1479-1480

  Lewis, S ^a   Clarke, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRENOLOL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL; OXPRENOLOL; PRACTOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035897932     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1479     Document Type: Short Survey

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