Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.
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Jonathan A C Sterne professor, Alex J Sutton professor, John P A Ioannidis professor and director, Norma Terrin associate professor , David R Jones professor , Joseph Lau professor , James Carpenter reader , Gerta Rücker research assistant , Roger M Harbord research associate , Christopher H Schmid professor , Jennifer Tetzlaff research coordinator , Jonathan J Deeks professor , Jaime Peters research fellow , Petra Macaskill associate professor , Guido Schwarzer research assistant , Sue Duval assistant professor , Douglas G Altman professor , David Moher senior scientist , Julian P T Higgins senior statistician 13
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 343 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011