Indirect comparisons: A review of reporting and methodological quality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Donegan, Sarah ^a   Williamson, Paula ^a   Gamble, Carrol ^a   Tudur Smith, Catrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78649754570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011054     Document Type: Article

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