Metaplus: An R package for the analysis of robust meta-analysis and meta-regression

R Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-16

  Beath, Ken J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85010289375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2016-001     Document Type: Article

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