Reviews of Individual Patient Data

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 547-558

  Stewart, Lesley A ^a   Tierney, Jayne F ^b   Clarke, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checking plausibility and randomization; Checking supplied data; Individual patient data (IPD) reviews; IPD meta analyses and intervention effects; IPD meta analysis approach; IPD review reports; Systematic review initiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890686453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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