Meta-analysis in medical research : the handbook for the understanding and practice of meta-analysis /
Over the last twenty years there has been a dramatic upsurge in the application of meta-analysis to medical research. This has mainly been due to greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the need for reliable summaries of the vast and expanding volume of clinical research. At the same time th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
BMJ Books : Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Over the last twenty years there has been a dramatic upsurge in the application of meta-analysis to medical research. This has mainly been due to greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the need for reliable summaries of the vast and expanding volume of clinical research. At the same time there have been great strides in the development and refinement of the associated statistical methodology. This book is a joint package of a practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine together with an accompanying CD-ROM which contains a computer program 'Metanalysis' to perform th. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 98 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 87) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470994894 0470994894 1405143851 9781405143851 9781405127332 1405127333 |