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statistical methods in the meta-analysis of prevalence of human diseases
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نویسنده
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wang ke-sheng ,liu xuefeng
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منبع
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journal of biostatistics and epidemiology - 2016 - دوره : 2 - شماره : 1 - صفحه:20 -24
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چکیده
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Background & aim: a meta-analysis refers to the statistical synthesis of results from a series of studies and has been used to estimate pooled prevalence of human diseases. in this study, we review some statistical issues regarding the meta-analysis of the prevalence of human diseases such as statistical software and programs, transformations of prevalence rate, assessment of heterogeneity, and publication bias.
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کلیدواژه
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human diseases ,prevalence ,meta-analysis ,software ,heterogeneity ,publication bias
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آدرس
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east tennessee state university, college of public health, department of biostatistics and epidemiology, usa, university of michigan, school of nursing, department of systems leadership and effectiveness science, usa
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