Applying the SAS program to the complete Begg's test, the Egger'stest, and the Macaskill's test for publication bias of meta-analysis

Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 910-916

  Zheng, Hui Lie ^a,b   Wang, Zhong Xu ^c   Wang, Zeng Zhen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Begg's test; Egger's test; Macaskill's test; Meta analysis; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEGG TEST; CHINA; EGGER TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MACASKILL TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PUBLISHING;

EID: 74249099491     PISSN: 16722531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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