Assessing the evolution of effect sizes over time

Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 241-259

  Trikalinos, Thomas A ^a,b   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative meta analysis; Efficacy and safety outcomes; Meta analyses of randomized controlled trials; Passive smoking data set; Proteus phenomenon; Recursive cumulative meta analysis; Summary effect size; Time lag bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889458836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470870168.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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