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Investigating the assumption of homogeneity of treatment effects in clincal studies with application to meta-analysis

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Investigating the assumption of homogeneity of treatment effects in clincal studies with application to meta-analysis. / Julious, Steven; Whitehead, Anne.
In: Pharmaceutical Statistics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 01.2012, p. 49-56.

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Julious S, Whitehead A. Investigating the assumption of homogeneity of treatment effects in clincal studies with application to meta-analysis. Pharmaceutical Statistics. 2012 Jan;11(1):49-56. Epub 2011 Dec 2. doi: 10.1002/pst.494

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