The implications of publication bias for meta-analysis' other parameter

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2911-2921

  Jackson, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Between study variation; Meta analysis; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY; VARIANCE;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLICATION BIAS; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 33747624372     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2293     Document Type: Article

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