Meta-analyses of small numbers of trials often agree with longer-term results

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Herbison, Peter ^a   Hay Smith, Jean ^a   Gillespie, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative meta analyses; Interpretation of a meta analysis; Meta analyses; Predicting validity; Small number of studies; Validity of meta analyses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650512874     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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