Meta-analysis: Its strengths and limitations

Article Properties

Language

English
DOI (url)

10.3949/ccjm.75.6.431
Publication Date

2008/06/01
Journal

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Indian UGC (Journal)
Citations

343
E. WALKER
A. V. HERNANDEZ
M. W. KATTAN

Cite

WALKER, E., et al. “Meta-Analysis: Its Strengths and Limitations”. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, vol. 75, no. 6, 2008, pp. 431-9, https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.75.6.431.

WALKER, E., HERNANDEZ, A. V., & KATTAN, M. W. (2008). Meta-analysis: Its strengths and limitations. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 75(6), 431-439. https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.75.6.431

WALKER E, HERNANDEZ AV, KATTAN MW. Meta-analysis: Its strengths and limitations. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2008;75(6):431-9.

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Medicine

Internal medicine

Medicine

Medicine (General)

Citations

Citations Analysis

Category	Category Repetition
Medicine: Medicine (General)	132
Medicine	39
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry	30
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine	27
Social Sciences	24

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