Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review

Christopher J. Weir, Isabella Butcher, Valentina Assi, Stephanie C. Lewis, Gordon D. Murray, Peter Langhorne, Marian C. Brady

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DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0
Published: 2018-03-07
Container: BMC Medical Research Methodology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0,
  title = {Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review},
  author = {Christopher J. Weir and Isabella Butcher and Valentina Assi and Stephanie C. Lewis and Gordon D. Murray and Peter Langhorne and Marian C. Brady},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {BMC Medical Research Methodology},
  doi = {10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0}
}

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TI  - Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review
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AU  - Peter Langhorne
AU  - Marian C. Brady
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JO  - BMC Medical Research Methodology
DO  - 10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0
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Weir, C. J., Butcher, I., Assi, V., Lewis, S. C., Murray, G. D., Langhorne, P., & Brady, M. C. (2018). Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Medical Research Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0

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