The strengths and limitations of meta-analyses based on aggregate data

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lyman, Gary H ^a   Kuderer, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 21444454737     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-5-14     Document Type: Article

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