Should protocols for observational research be registered?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-86

  Rushton, Lesley ^a  

^a NONE

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MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78751648098     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056846     Document Type: Note

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