Asymmetric funnel plots and publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy

scientific article published in February 2002

Asymmetric funnel plots and publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy is …
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P356DOI10.1093/IJE/31.1.88
P698PubMed publication ID11914301
P5875ResearchGate publication ID11450808

P2093author name stringFujian Song
Khalid S Khan
Alex J Sutton
Jacqueline Dinnes
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P433issue1
P921main subjectbiasQ742736
meta-analysisQ815382
diagnosisQ16644043
P304page(s)88-95
P577publication date2002-02-01
P1433published inInternational Journal of EpidemiologyQ6051393
P1476titleAsymmetric funnel plots and publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy
P478volume31

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