On the bias produced by quality scores in meta-analysis, and a hierarchical view of proposed solutions.

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Biostatistics

• Publication date

  2001-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Economics

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  DOI 10.1093/BIOSTATISTICS/2.4.463PMID 12933636
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