Commentary: Like it and lump it? Meta-analysis using individual participant data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1359-1361

  Riley, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78149262848     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq129     Document Type: Note

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