Capsule Commentary on Lin et. al. Empirical Comparison of Publication Bias Tests in Meta-analysis

Akira Kuriyama^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan. akira.kuriyama.jpn@gmail.com.
² Emergency and Critical Care Center, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan. akira.kuriyama.jpn@gmail.com.

Comment

Akira Kuriyama. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;33(8):1382.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4528-1.

Akira Kuriyama^{1

2}

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan. akira.kuriyama.jpn@gmail.com.
² Emergency and Critical Care Center, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan. akira.kuriyama.jpn@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that he does not have a conflict of interest.

Empirical Comparison of Publication Bias Tests in Meta-Analysis.
Lin L, Chu H, Murad MH, Hong C, Qu Z, Cole SR, Chen Y. Lin L, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Aug;33(8):1260-1267. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4425-7. Epub 2018 Apr 16. J Gen Intern Med. 2018. PMID: 29663281 Free PMC article.

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