title: An application of meta-analysis based on DerSimonian and Laird method.
authors.affiliation: Office of Energetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 Second Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0022, USA. brgeorge@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Brandon J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Inmaculada B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Aban
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D015233:Models, Statistical