Meta-analysis: Drawing conclusions when study results vary

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 594, Issue , 2010, Pages 427-434

  Rosenthal, Leslie ^a   Schisterman, Enrique ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fixed effects model; Low dose aspirin; Meta analysis; Oxidative stress; Random effects model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 77950362886     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-411-1_30     Document Type: Article

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