A case study of multiple-treatments meta-analysis demonstrates that covariates should be considered

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Salanti, Georgia ^a,b   Marinho, Valeria ^c   Higgins, Julian P T ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Incoherence; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Mixed treatment comparisons; Multiple treatments meta analysis; Topical fluoride therapy

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; MOUTHWASH; PLACEBO; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFICACY; GEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VARNISH;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MOUTHWASHES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TOOTHPASTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649303082     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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