Applicable or non-applicable: investigations of clinical heterogeneity in systematic reviews
Abstract Background Clinical heterogeneity can be defined as differences in participant characteristics, types or timing of outcome measurements and intervention characteristics. Clinical heterogeneity in systematic reviews has the possibility to significantly affect statistical heterogeneity leadin...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0121-7 |