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. 1996 Jan 13;312(7023):125. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7023.125

Misleading meta-analysis. "Fail safe N" is a useful mathematical measure of the stability of results.

R Persaud
PMCID: PMC2349768  PMID: 8555918

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