A consumer's guide to meta-analysis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-213

  LaValley, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84988306235     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790100309     Document Type: Article

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