Clinical trials should begin and end with systematic reviews of relevant evidence: 12 years and waiting

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9734, 2010, Pages 20-21

  Clarke, Mike ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^a   Chalmers, Iain ^b  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b James Lind Library   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HEALTH CARE; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; LITERATURE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; PUBLISHING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954750707     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61045-8     Document Type: Letter

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