Abstract
The increasing volume of information published in biomedical literatures poses an enormous challenge to evidence-based health care and scientific discoveries. It is common for important issues in medical research to be addressed in several studies. The idea of summarizing a set of studies is not new in medical literature; review articles have long had an important role in helping practitioners keep up to date and make sense of the many studies on any given topic. Meta analysis goes a step further by using statistical procedures to combine the results of several studies.
META-ANALYSIS: THE WAY FORWARD IN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
Authors
Akinyemi J.O. MSc (Medical Statistics), B Tech (Comp. Sc.)
Correspondents
Mr. J.O. Akinyemi
Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health,
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
E-mail: odunjoshua@yahoo.com, jakinyemi@comui.edu.ng
Mobile: +234-8055676325
Affiliation of Authors
Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health,
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
E-mail: odunjoshua@yahoo.com, jakinyemi@comui.edu.ng
Mobile: +234-8055676325