Meta-analyses and Forest plots using a microsoft excel spreadsheet: Step-by-step guide focusing on descriptive data analysis

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neyeloff, Jeruza L ^a   Fuchs, Sandra C ^a,b   Moreira, Leila B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

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EID: 84856017587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-52     Document Type: Article

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