Publication bias and research on passive smoking comparison of published and unpublished studies

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-253

  Misakian, Anastasia L ^a   Bero, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0032527569     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.3.250     Document Type: Article

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