Publication bias affected the estimate of postoperative nausea in an acupoint stimulation systematic review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 980-983

  Lee, Anna ^a   Copas, John B ^b   Henmi, Masayuki ^b   Gin, Tony ^a   Chung, Raymond C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Methodology; Publication bias; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33746703644     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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