A Cohort Study of Summary Reports of Controlled Trials

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1401-1405

  Chalmers, Iain ^a   Adams, Miriam ^b   Dickersin, Kay ^c   Hetherington, Jini ^a   Tarnow Mordi, William ^a   Meinert, Curtis ^c   Tonascia, Susan ^c   Chalmers, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION BIAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025164930     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440100117017     Document Type: Article

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