Updating meta-analyses leads to larger type I errors than publication bias

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Borm, George F ^a   Donders, A Rogier T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Meta analysis; Multiplicity; Publication bias; Sequential testing; Type I error

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SURFACTANT;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIMULATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649537897     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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