Distribution and epidemiological characteristics of published individual patient data meta-analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Yafang ^a   Mao, Chen ^a   Yuan, Jinqiu ^a   Yang, Zuyao ^a   Di, Mengyang ^a   Tam, Wilson Wai San ^a   Tang, Jinling ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; TREND STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903289151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100151     Document Type: Article

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