Capture-recapture method for assessing publication bias

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Poorolajal, Jalal ^a   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^b   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a   Nasseri Moghaddam, Siavosh ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Review literature

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE MTHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LOGLINEAR MODEL; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77950654319     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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