Practice of Epidemiology Should Meta-Analyses of Interventions Include Observational Studies in Addition to Randomized Controlled Trials? A Critical Examination of Underlying Principles
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1 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 4 Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 5 Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 6 Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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