Description

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The second edition of this best-selling book has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the significant changes and advances made in systematic reviewing. New features include discussion on the rationale, meta-analyses of prognostic and diagnostic studies and software, and the use of systematic reviews in practice.

About the Author

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Matthias Egger is professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Bern in Switzerland, as well as professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. George Davey-Smith is the editor of Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Douglas G. Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and EQUATOR Network, Oxford, UK.