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Meta-analysis of prevalence

Meta-analysis of prevalence

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Meta-analysis of prevalence

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Meta-analysis of prevalence

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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Journal title

Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), 2013-11, Vol.67 (11), p.974-978

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English

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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

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Contents

Meta-analysis is a method to obtain a weighted average of results from various studies. In addition to pooling effect sizes, meta-analysis can also be used to estimate disease frequencies, such as incidence and prevalence. In this article we present methods for the meta-analysis of prevalence. We discuss the logit and double arcsine transformations...

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Meta-analysis of prevalence

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1443390510

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1443390510

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ISSN

0143-005X

E-ISSN

1470-2738

DOI

10.1136/jech-2013-203104

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