Comparison of two methods to detect publication bias in meta-analysis

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 676-680

  Peters, Jaime L ^a   Sutton, Alex J ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Institute for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 32144440794     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.6.676     Document Type: Article

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