Meta-analysis: Some clinical and statistical contributions in several medical disciplines

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Bartolucci, Alfred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Effect size; Meta analysis; Odds ratio; Relative risk; Statistical homogeneity; Summary statistics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLON CANCER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34248159422     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.2.157     Document Type: Review

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