Multi-centre trial analysis revisited

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 15-16, 1998, Pages 1779-1797

  Gould, A Lawrence ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COVARIANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

EID: 17144472314     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16<1779::aid-sim979>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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