Why meta-analyses on the same topic lead to different conclusions?

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-383

  Perego, Francesca ^a   Casazza, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864415379     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0792-y     Document Type: Editorial

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