Multivariate meta-analysis for non-linear and other multi-parameter associations

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 3821-3839

  Gasparrini, A ^a   Armstrong, B ^a   Kenward, M G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Multivariate analysis; Multivariate meta analysis; Non linear; Splines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84870061584     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5471     Document Type: Article

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