Statistical Methods for Examining Heterogeneity and Combining Results from Several Studies in Meta-Analysis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-312

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Hazard ratios; Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948773232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693926.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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