Evidence based medicine - The case of the misleading funnel plot

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作者
Lau, Joseph
Ioannidis, John P. A. [1 ]
Terrin, Norma
Schmid, Christopher H.
Olkin, Ingram
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[1] Tufts Univ, New England Med Ctr, Inst Clin Res & Hlth Policy Studies, Boston, MA 02111 USA
[2] Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Stat, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
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BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2006年 / 333卷 / 7568期
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10.1136/bmj.333.7568.597
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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页码:597 / 600
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