Further statistics in dentistry Part 8: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

British Dental Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Petrie, A ^a   Bulman, J S ^a   Osborn, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038621550     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809877     Document Type: Review

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