Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Page 343 , March 2010

Response to letter: On the validity of meta-analysis

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00303-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.09.008

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Page 343 , March 2010