Systematic reviews in health care: Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis.

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Published in BMJ on July 14, 2001

Authors

J A Sterne1, M Egger, G D Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR. jonathan.sterne@bristol.ac.uk

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