Adjustment for reporting bias in network meta-analysis of antidepressant trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Trinquart, Ludovic ^a,b,c,d   Chatellier, Gilles ^b,c,e   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,b,c,d  

^a Centre Cochrane Français   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Network meta analysis; Publication bias; Small study effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84866661742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-150     Document Type: Article

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