Statistical methods for assessing the influence of study characteristics on treatment effects in 'meta-epidemiological' research.

Biases in systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be examined in 'meta-epidemiological' studies, in which the influence of trial characteristics such as measures of study quality on treatment effect estimates is explored. Published studies to date have analysed data from collections of me...

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Main Authors: Sterne, J, Jüni, P, Schulz, K, Altman, D, Bartlett, C, Egger, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002