Uncertainty in heterogeneity estimates in meta-analyses
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- 1 November 2007
- Vol. 335 (7626) , 914-916
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39343.408449.80
Abstract
John Ioannidis, Nikolaos Patsopoulos, and Evangelos Evangelou argue that, although meta-analyses often measure heterogeneity between studies, these estimates can have large uncertainty, which must be taken into account when interpreting evidenceThis publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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