Interpretation of subgroup analyses in systematic reviews: A tutorial

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 192-198

  Richardson, Marty ^a   Garner, Paul ^a   Donegan, Sarah ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Subgroup analyses; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING;

EID: 85047470773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2018.05.005     Document Type: Article

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