Practical considerations on detection of publication bias;Consideraciones prácticas acerca de la detección del sesgo de publicación

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 10-16

  Pérez, Silvia Palma ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel Delgado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meta analyses; Publication bias; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547674540     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13101085     Document Type: Review

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