Effect Measures for Meta-Analysis of Trials with Binary Outcomes

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 313-335

  Deeks, Jonathan J ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary outcomes; Effect measures; Meta analysis; Meta analytical summary; Risk difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948766322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693926.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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