Some problems with the investigation of noninferiority in meta-analysis

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-474

  Witte, Steffen ^a   Victor, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice of delta; Equivalence; Meta analysis; Population sets

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOSTATISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144270967     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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