Methods for combining randomized clinical trials: strengths and limitations.

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Statistics in Medicine

• Publication date

  1987-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1002/SIM.4780060325PMID 3616287
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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