Meta-Analysis in Stata™

Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 347-369

  Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Bradburn, Michael J ^b   Egger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Meta analytic methods; Myocardial infarction; Statistical techniques; User written commands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935836826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693926.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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