Do physicians judge a study by its cover? An investigation of journal attribution bias

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 773-778

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b   Saha, Somnath ^c   Elmore, Joann G ^a   Welsh, Deborah E ^d   Baker, Paul ^d   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Blinding; Evidence based medicine; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033855747     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00236-X     Document Type: Article

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