Graphical augmentations to the funnel plot to assess the impact of a new study on an existing meta-analysis

Stata Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-622

  Crowther, Michael J ^a   Langan, Dean ^b   Sutton, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extfunnel; Funnel plots; Gr0054; Graphs; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869848164     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1201200403     Document Type: Article

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