Should Unpublished Data Be Included in Meta-analyses?: Current Convictions and Controversies

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 21, 1993, Pages 2749-2753

  Cook, Deborah J ^a,c,d   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a,d   Ryan, Gerard ^b   Clifton, Joanne ^a   Buckingham, Lisa ^a   Willan, Andrew ^a   Mcllroy, William ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Family Medicine McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

DATA COLLECTION; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027273422     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500210049030     Document Type: Article

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