Funnels for publication bias - Have we lost the plot?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 338-341

  Choi, S W ^a   Lam, D M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUBLISHING; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84959180795     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13355     Document Type: Article

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