Publication bias in meta-analysis: its causes and consequences.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2000-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00161-4PMID 10729693
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