Prospective registration of clinical trials in India: Strategies, Achievements and Challenges

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Tharyan, Prathap ^a  

^a South Asian Cochrane Network   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Institutional Review Board; Legislation; Publication bias; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; INDIA; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77953368138     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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