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- 54
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- 10
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- 1046-1055
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Jonathan A C Sterne,
Matthias Egger
(2001).
Funnel plots for detecting bias in meta-analysis.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 54
(10)
, 1046-1055.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00377-8
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- 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00377-8