Where now for meta-analysis?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Egger, Matthias ^a,b   Ebrahim, Shah ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036211005     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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