Selective outcome reporting: Telling and detecting true lies. The state of the science

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Macura, Ana ^a   Abraha, Iosief ^b   Kirkham, Jamie ^c   Gensini, Gian Franco ^d   Moja, Lorenzo ^e   Iorio, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Authority of Umbria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

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EID: 77953330784     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0371-z     Document Type: Editorial

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