Asymmetric funnel plots and publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-95

  Song, Fujian ^a,b   Khan, Khalid S ^a,b   Dinnes, Jacqueline ^b,c   Sutton, Alex J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Funnel plot; Meta analysis; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE DISEASE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036208313     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.1.88     Document Type: Article

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