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Meta-analysis: State-of-the-Science
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Journal Article Meta-analysis: State-of-the-Science Get access Kay Dickersin, Kay Dickersin 1Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimore, Maryland Dr. Kay Dickersin, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jesse A. Berlin Jesse A. Berlin 2Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 154–176, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036084 Published: 01 March 1992 Article history Received: 10 December 1991 Published: 01 March 1992 Revision received: 20 July 1992
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“Systematic evaluations can be flawed due to the underrepresentation of studies without statistically significant findings, which are less likely to be submitted and published than those without significant results (Dickersin & Berlin, 1992).”
Metadata
- Authors
- Dickersin, K., & Berlin, J. A.
- Venue
- Epidemiologic Reviews
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1992
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 154-176
- ISSN
- 0193-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1478-6729
- OpenAlex
- W1812598206
- Cited by
- 498
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 35.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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