A Comparison of Statistical Methods for Identifying Out-of-Date Systematic Reviews

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Pattanittum, Porjai ^a   Laopaiboon, Malinee ^a   Moher, David ^b,c   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^d   Ngamjarus, Chetta ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARROWMAN METHOD; CUMULATIVE META ANALYSIS FOR SUFFICIENCY AND STABILITY METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OTTAWA METHOD; RECURSIVE CUMULATIVE META ANALYSIS METHOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION BASED POWER METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84869748921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048894     Document Type: Article

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