The Geometric Increase in Meta-Analyses from China in the Genomic Era

John P. A. Ioannidis; Christine Q. Chang; Tram Kim Lam; Sheri D. Schully; Muin J. Khoury

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065602

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The Geometric Increase in Meta-Analyses from China in the Genomic Era

John P. A. Ioannidis ,

* E-mail: jioannid@stanford.edu

Affiliations Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine and Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Christine Q. Chang,

Affiliation Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Tram Kim Lam,

Affiliation Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Sheri D. Schully,

Affiliation Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Muin J. Khoury

Affiliations Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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The Geometric Increase in Meta-Analyses from China in the Genomic Era

John P. A. Ioannidis,
Christine Q. Chang,
Tram Kim Lam,
Sheri D. Schully,
Muin J. Khoury

Published: June 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065602

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