Systematic review of methods used in meta-analyses where a primary outcome is an adverse or unintended event

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Warren, Fiona C ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^b   Golder, Su ^c   Sutton, Alex J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DRUG THERAPY; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860377525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-64     Document Type: Article

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