The Latin American Ongoing Clinical Trial Register (LATINREC)

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-422

  Reveiz, Ludovic ^a,b,c   Delgado, Martha B ^b,d   Urrutia, Gerard ^e   Ortiz, Zulma ^f   Dieguez, Marcelo Garcia ^f   Martí Carvajal, Arturo ^g   Calgua, Erwin ^h   Vieyra, Armando ⁱ   Ciapponi, Agustín ^j   Hidalgo, Ricardo ^k   Pantoja, Tomás ^l   Sanchez, Luis María ^m   Pecino, Flora Martínez ⁿ   Tristan, Mario ^o  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Fundación Universitaria Sánitas II FUS   (Colombia)

^b LATINREC   (Colombia)

^c Edificio de Consultorios Clínica Reina Sofía ^*  (Colombia)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^f ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

ⁱ INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^j INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^k Ecuatorian Collaborating Branch   (Ecuador)

^l PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^m Madrid Collaborating Branch   (Spain)

ⁿ Andalusian Agency for Health Technology Assessment Spain   (Spain)

^o NONE   (Costa Rica)

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Author keywords

Clinical trial; Conflict of interest; Ethics committees; Publication bias; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDICATION; ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33747407687     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892006000600014     Document Type: Review

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