Underutilization of meta-analysis in diagnostic pathology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1302-1307

  Kinzler, Michael ^a   Zhang, Lanjing ^b,c,d,e  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b University Medical Centre Princeton   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PUBMED;

EID: 84942854117     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0461-OA     Document Type: Article

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