A test for publication bias in meta-analysis with sparse binary data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-733

  Schwarzer, Guido ^a   Antes, Gerd ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary outcome data; Detection of bias; Meta analysis; Test of bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLISHING; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ANEMIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION BIAS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846820181     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2588     Document Type: Article

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