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Workshop - Basic Training in Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: Meta-analysis

This guide supports the two-day workshop developed at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center by the Research Medical Library & the Department of General Internal Medicine.

Articles on Meta-analysis

Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, et al. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration. PLoS Medicine. 2009;6(7):e1000100. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100.

Puhan, M. A., Schünemann, H. J., Murad, M. H., Li, T., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Singh, J. A., . . . Guyatt, G. H. (2014). A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis. BMJ, 349. doi:10.1136/bmj.g5630

Song, F., Xiong, T., Parekh-Bhurke, S., Loke, Y. K., Sutton, A. J., Eastwood, A. J., … Altman, D. G.. (2011). Inconsistency between direct and indirect comparisons of competing interventions: meta-epidemiological study. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 343(7821), 463–463. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23052016