How I explore ... The secrets of a meta-analysis;Comment j'explore ... Les secrets d'une méta-analyse

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Scheen, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Evidence Based Medicine; Meta analysis; Randomised clinical trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AVERAGE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG SPECIFICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037272074     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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