A meta-analysis of meta-analyses

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Sigman, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lifespan   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 79959868578     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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