How to Use a Subgroup Analysis

Xin Sun, John P. A. Ioannidis, Thomas Agoritsas, Ana Carolina Alba, Gordon Guyatt

Type: Article

Publication Date: 2014-01-21

Citations: 402

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.285063

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