Meta-analysis in the assessment of treatment outcome

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 67-71

  Geddes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual patient data meta analysis; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Randomised control trials; Subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META ANALYSES; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750072929     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359786806066056     Document Type: Article

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