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Detecting and describing heterogeneity in meta-analysis

✍ Scribed by Rebecca J. Hardy; Simon G. Thompson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 279 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0277-6715
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980430)17:8<841::aid-sim781>3.0.co;2-d

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