Methodological Studies of Systematic Reviews: Is There Publication Bias?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-

  Laupacis, Andreas ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OLIGOSPERMIA; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031025434     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1997.00440240123018     Document Type: Letter

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