Graphical exploration of network meta-analysis data: The use of multidimensional scaling

Clinical Trials

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Chung, Hyoju ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAXOLOL; BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; BRINZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LATANOPROST; PLACEBO; TIMOLOL; TRAVOPROST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT DURATION; DECISION THEORY; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION THEORY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 58149130293     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774508093614     Document Type: Article

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