Meta-analysis of time-to-event data: a comparison of two-stage methods
β Scribed by Mark C. Simmonds; Jayne Tierney; Jack Bowden; Julian PT Higgins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1759-2879
- DOI
- 10.1002/jrsm.44
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