Methods for the bias adjustment of meta-analyses of published observational studies

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-657

  Doi, Suhail A R ^a,b   Barendregt, Jan J ^a   Onitilo, Adedayo A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

bias adjustment; meta analysis; models; quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VARIANCE;

BIAS ADJUSTMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS; QUALITY;

ADIPOSITY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879555857     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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