Misleading funnel plot for detection of bias in meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: May 2000)

Misleading funnel plot for detection of bias in meta-analysis is …
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P356DOI10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00204-8
P3181OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID1487773
P698PubMed publication ID10812319

P2093author name stringJ L Liu
J L Tang
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P433issue5
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectbiasQ742736
meta-analysisQ815382
P304page(s)477-84
P577publication date2000-05-01
P1433published inJournal of Clinical EpidemiologyQ6294959
P1476titleMisleading funnel plot for detection of bias in meta-analysis
P478volume53

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