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Methodological issues in a meta-analysis

Seyed Mohammad RiahiDepartment of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, IranORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3184-2126
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Yaser MokhayeriSchool of Public Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Page 1813 | Received 22 Jan 2017, Accepted 20 Jul 2017, Published online: 16 Aug 2017

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