A proposed method of bias adjustment for meta-analyses of published observational studies

Objective Interpretation of meta-analyses of published observational studies is problematic because of numerous sources of bias. We develop bias assessment, elicitation and adjustment methods, and apply them to a systematic review of longitudinal observational studies of the relationship between obj...

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Main Authors: Thompson, Simon, Ekelund, Ulf, Jebb, Susan, Lindroos, Anna Karin, Mander, Adrian, Sharp, Stephen, Turner, Rebecca, Wilks, Désirée
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147067/