Should we trust results of meta-analyses? [2] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9443, 2004, Pages 1401-1403

  Nicolucci, A ^a   Tognoni, G ^a   Braillon, Alain ^b   Simmons, David ^c   Lillis, Steven ^c   Swan, Judith ^c   Haar, Jarrod ^c   Smith, John F ^c   Ismail, Khalida ^d  

^a Laboratorio Angela Valenti dei Fattori Genetici e Ambientali di Rischio Trombotico   (Italy)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIABETES CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; LITERATURE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL STRESS;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 13644260455     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17215-2     Document Type: Letter

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