Meta-analysis under the spotlight: We must differentiate its limitations versus its prejudices

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3124-3126

  Kalil, Andre C ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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BAYES THEOREM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDITOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; NOTE;

META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 56049113728     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818bdea3     Document Type: Letter

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