Risk of bias and magnitude of effect in orthodontic randomized controlled trials: A meta-epidemiological review

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 308-312

  Koletsi, Despina ^a,b   Spineli, Loukia M ^c   Lempesi, Evangelia ^a,b   Pandis, Nikolaos ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Private Practice   (Greece)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Private Practice   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ODDS RATIO; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84973572521     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjv049     Document Type: Article

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