Abstract
Our data indicate that the use of summary scores to identify trials of high quality is problematic. Relevant methodological aspects should be assessed individually and their influence on effect sizes explored.
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MedicineMeta-analysisBlindingClinical trialRelative riskConfidence intervalLow molecular weight heparinDeep veinThrombosisInternal medicine
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- 1999
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- article
- Volume
- 282
- Issue
- 11
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- 1054-1054
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- 1960
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Peter Jüni
(1999).
The Hazards of Scoring the Quality of Clinical Trials for Meta-analysis.
JAMA
, 282
(11)
, 1054-1054.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.282.11.1054
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.282.11.1054