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A Bayesian analysis of amalgam restorations in the Royal Air Force using the counting process approach with nested frailty effects

scientific article published in December 2005

A Bayesian network meta-analysis on comparisons of enamel matrix derivatives, guided tissue regeneration and their combination therapies.

scientific article published on March 2012

A Bayesian network meta-analysis: Comparing the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injections using different treatment strategies for carpal tunnel syndrome

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A New Approach to Age-Period-Cohort Analysis Using Partial Least Squares Regression: The Trend in Blood Pressure in the Glasgow Alumni Cohort ⬇️

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

A comparison of different approaches to unravel the latent structure within metabolic syndrome

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A cost-effectiveness evaluation of enamel matrix derivatives alone or in conjunction with regenerative devices in the treatment of periodontal intra-osseous defects

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

A critical evaluation of statistical approaches to examining the role of growth trajectories in the developmental origins of health and disease

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

A multilevel modelling solution to mathematical coupling

scientific article published in December 2005

A prospective study of growth and biomarkers of exposure to aflatoxin and fumonisin during early childhood in Tanzania ⬇️

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A retrospective study on periodontal disease progression in private practice.

scientific article published on 24 November 2016

A structural equation modelling approach to the analysis of change

scientific article published in August 2008

A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on non-surgical treatments for peri-implantitis.

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

A systematic review of microwave-based therapy for axillary hyperhidrosis

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Addressing the identification problem in age-period-cohort analysis: a tutorial on the use of partial least squares and principal components analysis.

scientific article published on July 2012

Adjunctive local treatments for patients with residual pockets during supportive periodontal care: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 03 October 2020

Adjuvant treatments for resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Aflatoxin exposure during the first 36 months of life was not associated with impaired growth in Nepalese children: An extension of the MAL-ED study ⬇️

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Age-period-cohort analysis for trends in body mass index in Ireland ⬇️

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Age-period-cohort analysis of trends in blood pressure and body mass index in children and adolescents in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 22 October 2017

An evaluation of the 25 by 25 goal for premature cardiovascular disease mortality in Taiwan: an age-period-cohort analysis, population attributable fraction and national population-based study.

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

An introduction to latent growth curve modelling for longitudinal continuous data in dental research

scientific article published in August 2009

Analyzing longitudinal orthodontic data. Part 2: nonlinear growth models.

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Analyzing longitudinal orthodontic data. Part 3: multilevel nonlinear growth models.

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Analyzing longitudinal orthodontic data. Part 4: Latent growth curve models.

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Antibacterial effects of cavity lining: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 06 July 2015

Assessing the impact of body size in childhood and adolescence on blood pressure: an application of partial least squares regression.

scientific article published in July 2010

Assessment of endpoints in studies on peri-implantitis treatment--a systematic review.

scientific article published on 11 March 2010

Assessment of replication of research evidence from animals to humans in studies on peri-implantitis therapy.

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Association Between Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric Cancer Incidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Association Between Interleukin‐6 −174 Polymorphism and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in Chronic Periodontitis ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2010

Association between thyroid dysfunction and dysglycaemia: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Association between weight status and depressive symptoms in adolescents: role of weight perception, weight concern, and dietary restraint.

scientific article published on 27 May 2012

Association of Intensive Blood Pressure Control and Kidney Disease Progression in Nondiabetic Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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Associations between sleep duration and suicidality in adolescents: A systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis

scientific article published in December 2018

Associations between tooth loss and mortality patterns in the Glasgow Alumni Cohort

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Authors' reply to the letter to the editor by Wills et al.

scientific article published on 27 February 2014

Balloon dilation with adequate duration is safer than sphincterotomy for extracting bile duct stones: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

scientific article published on 27 May 2012

Blood glucose concentration and risk of pancreatic cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

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Challenging mental illness stigma in healthcare professionals and students: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Clinical and radiographic outcomes following non-surgical therapy of periodontal infrabony defects: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 22 November 2010

Clinical review: Association between metabolic syndrome and periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Collinearity in linear regression is a serious problem in oral health research

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Commentary: Is structural equation modelling a step forward for epidemiologists?

scientific article published on 19 January 2009

Commentary: is tooth loss good or bad for general health?

scientific article published on 19 January 2005

Comparative Effectiveness of Focused Shock Wave Therapy of Different Intensity Levels and Radial Shock Wave Therapy for Treating Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on March 12, 2012

Comparative effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors versus angiotensin II receptor blockers for major renal outcomes in patients with diabetes: A 15-year cohort study

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Comparative effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs in patients with diabetes.

scientific article published in May 2014

Comparative effectiveness of autologous blood-derived products, shock-wave therapy and corticosteroids for treatment of plantar fasciitis: a network meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

Comparative effectiveness of renin-angiotensin system blockers and other antihypertensive drugs in patients with diabetes: systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis

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Comparative efficacy and safety of new surgical treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia: systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Comparative efficacy of intra-articular steroid injection and distension in patients with frozen shoulder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 9 September 2017

Comparison of the effects of treatment of peri-implant infection in animal and human studies: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Comparison of treatment effects of guided tissue regeneration on infrabony lesions between animal and human studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Comparisons of periodontal regenerative therapies: A meta-analysis on the long-term efficacy

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Correction: Effect of Risk of Bias on the Effect Size of Meta-Analytic Estimates in Randomized Controlled Trials in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry

scientific article published on 10 November 2015

Correction: Effects and safety of oral tolvaptan in patients with congestive heart failure: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

scholarly article by Mei-Yi Wu et al published 2019 in PLOS ONE

Cost-effectiveness of non-surgical peri-implantitis treatments

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

Dental service use among patients with specific disabilities: A nationwide population-based study

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Determinants of rate of change in functional disability: An application of latent growth curve modeling

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Diagnostic Performance of Attenuation-Corrected Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Diagnostic performance of random urine samples using albumin concentration vs ratio of albumin to creatinine for microalbuminuria screening in patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on July 2014

Dietary Sodium Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 25 September 2020

Differences in prevalence, socio-behavioral correlates, and psychosocial distress between club drug and hard drug use in Taiwan: Results from the 2014 National Survey of Substance Use.

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Direct and indirect effects of interdental hygiene in a clinical trial

scientific article published in November 2008

Directed acyclic graphs: A tool to identify confounders in orthodontic research, Part I.

scientific article published in February 2017

Directed acyclic graphs: A tool to identify confounders in orthodontic research, Part II.

scientific article published in March 2017

Directly Placed Restorative Materials: Review and Network Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Disability trajectories and associated disablement process factors among older adults in Taiwan.

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Do bone grafts or barrier membranes provide additional treatment effects for infrabony lesions treated with enamel matrix derivatives? A network meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

scientific article published on December 2009

Do the UK government's new Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) scores adequately measure primary care performance? A cross-sectional survey of routine healthcare data ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 17 October 2007)

E-Cigarette Use in a Country With Prevalent Tobacco Smoking: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Effect of Industry Sponsorship on Dental Restorative Trials.

scientific article published on 06 October 2015

Effect of Risk of Bias on the Effect Size of Meta-Analytic Estimates in Randomized Controlled Trials in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

Effect of antidiabetic agents added to metformin on glycaemic control, hypoglycaemia and weight change in patients with type 2 diabetes: a network meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 29 April 2012

Effect of different alloplast materials on the stability of vertically augmented new tissue.

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Effects and safety of oral tolvaptan in patients with congestive heart failure: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Effects of Higher Quality of Care on Initiation of Long-term Dialysis in Patients With CKD and Diabetes.

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Effects of Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion on Mortality in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Systemic Review, Meta-Analysis Update, and Disease Severity Subgroup Meta-Analysis

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Effects of Protein Supplementation Combined with Exercise Training on Muscle Mass and Function in Older Adults with Lower-Extremity Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Effects of polymyxin B hemoperfusion on hemodynamics and prognosis in septic shock patients.

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Effects of smoking cessation on the outcomes of non‐surgical periodontal therapy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta‐analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on April 16, 2013

Effects of using different criteria for caries removal: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Erratum to: A Bayesian network meta-analysis: Comparing the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injections using different treatment strategies for carpal tunnel syndrome.

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Evaluating network meta-analysis and inconsistency using arm-parameterized model in structural equation modeling

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Evaluating the quality of active-control trials in periodontal research

scientific article published on February 2006

Evidence-based periodontal plastic surgery. II. An individual data meta-analysis for evaluating factors in achieving complete root coverage

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Factors Influencing the Presence of Interproximal Dental Papillae Between Maxillary Anterior Teeth

scientific article published in February 2010

Gefitinib or Erlotinib vs Chemotherapy for EGFR Mutation-Positive Lung Cancer: Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Overall Survival

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Gross Motor Trajectories During the First Year of Life for Preterm Infants With Very Low Birth Weight.

scientific article published on 4 February 2017

Growth, current size and the role of the 'reversal paradox' in the foetal origins of adult disease: an illustration using vector geometry ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 August 2006

Hematinic deficiencies and anemia statuses in anti-gastric parietal cell antibody-positive or all autoantibodies-negative erosive oral lichen planus patients

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

Host genetics role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease and caries

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Hyaluronic Acid Injection Laryngoplasty for Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

In-office treatment for dentin hypersensitivity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Is there a temporal trend in the reported treatment efficacy of periodontal regeneration? A meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

scientific article published on 14 December 2007

Latent variable approach to correct errors in radiographic measurements

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

Linear mixed model approach to network meta-analysis for continuous outcomes in periodontal research.

scientific article published on 02 February 2015

Mathematical coupling: a multilevel approach

scientific article published on 9 September 2004

Maxillary sinus floor extension and posterior tooth inclination in adolescent patients with Class II Division 1 malocclusion treated with maxillary first molar extractions

scientific article published on 01 April 2013

Mediating pathways from central obesity to childhood asthma: a population-based longitudinal study.

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Meta-regression analysis of the initial bone height for predicting implant survival rates of two sinus elevation procedures.

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased incidence of subclinical hypothyroidism - A Cohort Study.

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Minimally invasive non-surgical approach for the treatment of periodontal intrabony defects: a retrospective analysis.

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Misuses of correlation and regression analyses in orthodontic research: the problem of mathematical coupling

scientific article published in July 2006

Mortality cohort effects from mid-19th to mid-20th century Britain: did they exist?

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Network meta-analysis for evaluating interventions in implant dentistry: the case of peri-implantitis treatment.

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Non-surgical periodontal therapy with and without subgingival minocycline administration in patients with poorly controlled type II diabetes: a randomized controlled clinical trial

scientific article published on 18 March 2011

Occupational Exposure to Talc Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Occupational Cohort Studies

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

On Separating the Effects of Body Size and Growth on Later Blood Pressure

scientific article published in July 2010

Outcomes of autotransplanted teeth with complete root formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Partial least squares analysis of the association between metabolic factors and left ventricular mass among Taiwanese adolescents

scientific article published in March 2011

Partial least squares path modelling for relations between baseline factors and treatment outcomes in periodontal regeneration

scientific article published on 6 October 2009

Pathway from central obesity to childhood asthma. Physical fitness and sedentary time are leading factors

scientific article published in May 2014

Periodontal progression based on radiographic records: An observational study in chronic and aggressive periodontitis

scientific article published in June 2015

Pharyngeal airway changes following maxillary expansion or protraction: A meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Preventing and Treating Peri-Implantitis: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Primary antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Primary molar pulpotomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Problems of correlations between explanatory variables in multiple regression analyses in the dental literature

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Quality of logistic regression reporting in studies of tooth survival after periodontal treatment.

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Quality of search strategies reported in systematic reviews published in stereotactic radiosurgery

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Randomized and nonrandomized studies: complementary or competing?

scientific article published on 28 October 2014

Ratio index variables or ANCOVA? Fisher's cats revisited

scientific article published in January 2010

Ratio variables in regression analysis can give rise to spurious results: illustration from two studies in periodontology

scientific article published in February 2004

Re: Relative connective tissue graft size affects root coverage treatment outcome in the envelope procedure

scientific article published in August 2005

Relationship between metabolic syndrome and diagnoses of periodontal diseases among participants in a large Taiwanese cohort

scientific article published on 5 September 2013

Resuscitation fluid types in sepsis, surgical, and trauma patients: a systematic review and sequential network meta-analyses

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Revisiting the interaction between birth weight and current body size in the foetal origins of adult disease

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Risk of Developing Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Taking Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants or Warfarin: A Nationwide Cohort Study

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Risk of caries adjacent to different restoration materials: Systematic review of in situ studies.

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Root coverage by coronally advanced flap with connective tissue graft and/or enamel matrix derivative: a meta-analysis

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Safety and efficacy of ferric citrate in phosphate reduction and iron supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Salivary biomarker combination prediction model for the diagnosis of periodontitis in a Taiwanese population

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Seasonal variation in blood pressure is modulated by gender and age but not by BMI in a large Taiwanese population, 1996-2006.

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Secular trends were considered in the evaluation of universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan.

scientific article published on 13 December 2014

Short-term efficacy of minimally invasive treatments for adult obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Significant association of rheumatoid arthritis-related inflammatory markers with non-surgical periodontal therapy.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Simpson's Paradox, Lord's Paradox, and Suppression Effects are the same phenomenon--the reversal paradox ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 January 2008

Spin in the abstracts of randomized controlled trials in periodontology and oral implantology: A cross-sectional analysis

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Stability of the factor structure of the metabolic syndrome across pubertal development: confirmatory factor analyses of three alternative models

scientific article published on September 2009

Standard Operating Procedures Approach for the Implementation of the Evidence-based Dentistry Concept in Dental Practice

scientific article published in September 2007

Statistical approaches to adjusting weights for dependent arms in network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Statistical issues on the analysis of change in follow-up studies in dental research

scientific article published in December 2007

Statistical power for analyses of changes in randomized controlled trials

scientific article published in March 2005

Structural equation modeling with partial least squares using Stata and R by MehmetMehmetoglu and SergioVenturiniBoca Raton, FL, USA: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2021. Hard cover. pp. 382. £ 99.99

scientific article published in 2021

Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Combination with Chemotherapy as a First-Line Therapy for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Carcinoma

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Systematic Review and Sequential Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Periodontal Regenerative Therapies

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Systematic review and network meta-analysis: neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locoregional esophageal cancer

scientific article (publication date: November 2015)

Systematic review of treatment modalities for gingival depigmentation: a random-effects poisson regression analysis

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Systemic antibiotics in the treatment of aggressive periodontitis. A systematic review and a Bayesian Network meta-analysis.

scientific article published on July 2015

TU ET AL. REPLY

scientific article published in August 2005

Taiwan's Response to Influenza: A Seroepidemiological Evaluation of Policies and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness

scientific article published on 27 February 2022

Talc exposure and risk of stomach cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of occupational cohort studies

scientific article published in August 2018

Testing the relation between percentage change and baseline value

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

The Comparative Effectiveness of Tendon and Nerve Gliding Exercises in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

scientific article published in June 2011

The Level of Evidence, Scientific Impact and Social Impact of Clinical Studies in Periodontology: A Methodological Study

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

The Quality of Reporting of Measures of Precision in Animal Experiments in Implant Dentistry: A Methodological Study

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The application of multilevel modeling in the analysis of longitudinal periodontal data--part I: absolute levels of disease

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The application of multilevel modeling in the analysis of longitudinal periodontal data--part II: changes in disease levels over time

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The effect of horizontal and vertical furcation involvement on molar survival: A retrospective study

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The influence of the distance from the contact point to the crest of bone on the presence of the interproximal dental papilla.

scientific article published in November 2003

The most dangerous hospital or the most dangerous equation?

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The problem of analysing the relationship between change and initial value in oral health research

scientific article published in August 2005

The relationship between baseline value and its change: problems in categorization and the proposal of a new method

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The relationships among physician and hospital volume, processes, and outcomes of care for acute myocardial infarction.

scientific article published in June 2014

Trajectories of Older Adults' Leisure Time Activity and Functional Disability: a 12-Year Follow-Up.

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Treating pit-and-fissure caries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

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Treatment Outcomes of Novel Targeted Agents in Relapse/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Trends in the association between blood pressure and obesity in a Taiwanese population between 1996 and 2006.

scientific article published on 25 March 2010

Unexplained residuals models are not solutions to statistical modeling of the fetal origins hypothesis

scientific article published in March 2007

Unravelling the effects of age, period and cohort on metabolic syndrome components in a Taiwanese population using partial least squares regression ⬇️

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

Use of generalized linear mixed models for network meta-analysis

scientific article published in October 2014

Using Generalized Linear Mixed Models to Evaluate Inconsistency within a Network Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Using structural equation modeling for network meta-analysis.

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What evidence is there that adjustment for adult height influences the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure?

scientific article published in March 2007

What is the effect of adjusting for more than one measure of current body size on the relation between birthweight and blood pressure?

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: the "reversal paradox" for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life

scientific article published in January 2005

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