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Meta-analysis in medical research : the handbook for the understanding and practice of meta-analysis

Title
Meta-analysis in medical research : the handbook for the understanding and practice of meta-analysis / Gioacchino Leandro.
Author
Leandro, Gioacchino.
Publication
Malden, Mass. : BMJ books : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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Description
xii, 98 pages : illustrations; 25 cm +
Summary
"This is a joint package of a spiral bound, practical manual covering all aspects of meta-analysis - from searching for trials data through to choosing the most appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation of the results. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the software program 'Metanalysis' which has been especially devised by doctors for doctors to perform meta-analysis of medical research."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Meta-analysis
  • Medicine > Evaluation
  • Biomedical Research > methods
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Bias
  • Publication Bias
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
Contents
How to plan a meta-analysis -- Bias in meta-analytical research -- Statistical procedures -- Working procedures -- How to read, evaluate and present a meta-analysis -- How to use the program.
ISBN
1405127333 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004017776
OCLC
  • ocm56095372
  • SCSB-5178456
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries