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Department of Psychiatry
Nagoya City University
Medical School
Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
467-8601 JAPAN
Phone: +81-52-853-8271
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Theoretical works in clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine:

Furukawa, T. A., Watanabe, N., Omori, I. M., Montori, V. M. & Guyatt, G. H. (2007) Association between unreported outcomes and effect size estimates in Cochrane meta-analyses. JAMA, 297, 468-470.

Cipriani, A., Furukawa, T. A., Churchill, R. & Barbui, C. (2007) Validity of indirect comparisons in meta-analysis. Lancet, 369, 270-271.

Furukawa, T. A. & Guyatt, G. (2006) Sources of bias in studies of diagnostic tests and the diagnostic process. Canadian Medical Association Journal 174, 481-482.

Furukawa, T. A., Barbui, C., Cipriani, A., Brambilla, P. & Watanabe, N. (2006) Imputing missing standard deviations in meta-analyses can provide accurate results. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 59, 7-10.

Furukawa, T. A., Cipriani, A., Barbui, C., Brambilla, P. & Watanabe, N. (2005) Imputing response rates from means and standard deviations in meta-analysis. International Clinical Psychopharmacology 20, 49-52.

Furukawa, T.A. (2004) NNH. Rapid response to: Scott Gottlieb (2004) Users of SSRIs face risk of abnormal bleeding BMJ 329: 1258. eBMJ [Click here to read the rapid response]

Furukawa, T. A. (2004). All clinical trials must be reported in detail and made publicly available. BMJ 329, 626. [Click here for free full text.]

Furukawa, T. A. (2004). Meta-analyses and megatrials: neither is the infallible, universal standard. Evidence-Based Mental Health 7, 34-35.

Furukawa, T. A. (2004). Withdrawal of benzodiazepines in elderly long term users does not produce significant adverse effects in the short term. Evidence-Based Mental Health 7, 46. Comment on: Curran HV et al. Older adults and withdrawal from benzodiazepine hypnotics in general practice: effects on cognitive function, sleep, mood and quality of life. Psychological Medicine 2003;33:1223-37.

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Research projects in progress:

TAF has been interested in the validity of some imputation methodologies commonly employed in today's meta-analyses.



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