What is heterogeneity and is it important?

作者: John Fletcher

DOI: 10.1136/BMJ.39057.406644.68

关键词: EpidemiologyGerontologyAlternative medicineFamily medicinePublic healthMEDLINEMedicineReview Literature as TopicGeneral Medicine

摘要: … Three systematic reviews published in the BMJ, including one in this issue, have referred to heterogeneity and dealt with it in three different ways.1 … So what is heterogeneity, and …

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