Reasons or excuses for avoiding meta-analysis in forest plots.
Ioannidis
John P A
JP
Clinical Trials and Evidence Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Ioannina 45110, Greece. jioannid@cc.uoi.gr
Patsopoulos
Nikolaos A
NA
Rothstein
Hannah R
HR
D003626:Data Display; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D018401:Sample Size; D013223:Statistics as Topic