Journal article
Systematic review and meta-analysis methodology
Abstract
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are being increasingly used to summarize medical literature and identify areas in which research is needed. Systematic reviews limit bias with the use of a reproducible scientific process to search the literature and evaluate the quality of the individual studies. If possible the results are statistically combined into a meta-analysis in which the data are weighted and pooled to produce an estimate of …
Authors
Crowther M; Lim W; Crowther MA
Journal
Blood, Vol. 116, No. 17, pp. 3140–3146
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Publication Date
October 28, 2010
DOI
10.1182/blood-2010-05-280883
ISSN
0006-4971