Submitting studies without significant results;Faut-il tenter de publier une étude qui ne conclut rien ?

Presse Medicale

Volumn 36, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 541-550

  Texier, Gaëtan ^a   Meynard, Jean Baptiste ^a   Michel, Rémy ^a   Migliani, René ^a   Boutin, Jean Paul ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; EXPOSURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 34047096876     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.01.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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