Meta-analysis based on standardized effects is unreliable

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-597

  Cummings, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

EID: 2642553973     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.6.595     Document Type: Editorial

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