Publication bias of randomized controlled trials in emergency medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-108

  Ospina, Maria B ^a   Kelly, Karen ^a   Klassen, Terry P ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Logistic models; Meeting abstracts; Proportional hazard models; Publication bias; Randomized controlled trials; Time factors

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 29244480023     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.07.039     Document Type: Article

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