Meta-analysis of absolute mean differences from randomised trials with treatment-related clustering associated with care providers Short Title: Meta-analysis of mean differences from trials with clustering effects Authors:
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Walwyn Rebecca, and Roberts Chris (2015), Meta-analysis of absolute mean differences from randomised trials with treatment-related clustering associated with care providers, Statist. Med., 34, pages 966–983, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.6379. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017