How often does an individual trial agree with its corresponding meta-analysis? A meta-epidemiologic study.
OBJECTIVE: A meta-analysis may provide more conclusive results than a single trial. The major cost of meta-analysis is the time of waiting before the meta-analysis becomes available and resources spent on consequent trials that may not be necessary. The objective of this study is to address how ofte...
Main Authors: | Wilson W S Tam, Jin-Ling Tang, Meng-yang Di, Kelvin K F Tsoi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4256383?pdf=render |
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