A comparison of summary patient-level covariates in meta-regression with individual patient data meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-94

  Lambert, P C ^a   Sutton, A J ^a   Abrams, K R ^a   Jones, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual patient data; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036139582     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00414-0     Document Type: Article

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