- ABRAMSON, J.H. (1990-1991). Meta-analysis: a review of pros and cons. Public Health Reviews, 18, 1-47.
- COLDITZ, G.A., MILLER, J.N. & MOSTELLER, F. (1989). How study design affects outcomes in comparisons of therapy. I: medical. Statistics in Medicine, 8, 441-454.
- EASTERBROOK, P.J., BERLIN, J.A., GOPALAN, R. & MATTHEWS, D.R. (1991). Publication bias in clinical research. Lancet, 337, 867-872.
- EGGER, M. & SMITH, G.D. (1995). Misleading meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 311, 753-754.
- EYSENCK, H.J. (1994). Meta-analysis and its problems. British Medical Journal, 309, 789-792.
- GLASS, G.V., MCGAW, B. & SMITH, M.L. (1981). Meta-analysis in Social Research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
- HAZELL, P., O'CONNELL, D., HEATHCOTE, D., ROBERTSON, J. & HENRY, D. (1995) Efficacy of tricyclic drugs in treating child and adolescent depression: a meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 310, 897-901.
- HEDGES, L.V. & OLKIN, I. (1985) Statistical methods for meta-analysis. San Diego: Academic Press.
- MONCRIEFF, J. & DRUMMOND, D.C. (1998). The quality of alcohol treatment research: an examination of influential controlled trials and development of a quality rating system. Addiction, 93, 811-823.
- SCHULTZ, K.F., CHALMERS, I., HAYES, R.J. & ALTMAN, D.G. (1995) Empirical evidence of bias: dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273, 408-412.
- THOMPSON, S.G. (1994). Why sources of heterogeneity in meta-analysis should be investigated. British Medical Journal, 309, 1351-1355.
International Review of Psychiatry
Volume 10, 1998 - Issue 4: Epidemiology