title: The case of the misleading funnel plot.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. jlau1@tufts-nemc.org
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: John P A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terrin
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Ingram
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olkin
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*