Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Non-Randomized Studies of Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Thiazolidinediones and Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors: Application of a New Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool.
Systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions frequently include non-randomized studies. These are subject to confounding and a range of other biases that are seldom considered in detail when synthesizing and interpreting the results. Our aims were to assess the reliability and usabi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4821619?pdf=render |