Uses and abuses of meta-analysis
Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith and Jonathan A C Sterne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.1-6-478
Clin Med November 2001 Matthias Egger
MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
MD MSc MFPHMGeorge Davey Smith
MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
MD MSc FFPHMJonathan A C Sterne
MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
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vol. 1 no. 6 478-484
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- Matthias Egger, MD MSc MFPHM⇓,
- George Davey Smith, MD MSc FFPHM and
- Jonathan A C Sterne, PhD
- Address for correspondence: Dr Matthias Egger, Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall. Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR. E-mail: m.egger{at}bristol.ac.uk
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Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Jonathan A C Sterne
Clinical Medicine Nov 2001, 1 (6) 478-484; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-6-478
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