Multiplicity of data in trial reports and the reliability of meta-analyses: Empirical study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7823, 2011, Pages

  Tendal, Britta ^a   Nüesch, Eveline ^b,c   Higgins, Julian P T ^d   Jüni, Peter ^b,c   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG THERAPY; EMPIRICISM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVER DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052986594     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4829     Document Type: Article

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