Ratio of means for analyzing continuous outcomes in meta-analysis performed as well as mean difference methods
Authors:
- Jan O. FriedrichJFJan O. Friedrich
- Joseph BeyeneJBJoseph Beyene
- 1 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 64 (5) , 556-564
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