Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9683, 2009, Pages 86-89

  Chalmers, Iain ^a   Glasziou, Paul ^b  

^a James Lind Library   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 67649649676     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60329-9     Document Type: Note

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