Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , 30 November 2004

Assessing publication bias in genetic association studies: evidence from a recent meta-analysis

  • Marcus R. Munafò

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-1865-224807; fax: +44-1865-224989.
    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cancer Research UK, General Practice Research Group, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
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  • Taane G. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Cancer Research UK, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
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  • Jonathan Flint

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK

Received 10 July 2003 ,Revised 12 June 2004 ,Accepted 14 June 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(04)00168-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.06.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , 30 November 2004

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