Individual patient meta-analysis-rewards and challenges

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-237

  van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REWARD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 75749150931     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.04.001     Document Type: Note

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