Meta-analysis for rare events

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2078-2089

  Cai, Tianxi ^a   Parast, Layla ^a   Ryan, Louise ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac complications; Poisson random effects; Rosiglitazone

Indexed keywords

ROSIGLITAZONE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

BIOSTATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 77956315746     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3964     Document Type: Article

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