Frequency and reasons for outcome reporting bias in clinical trials: Interviews with trialists

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7789, 2011, Pages 155-

  Smyth, R M D ^a   Kirkham, J J ^a   Jacoby, A ^a   Altman, D G ^b   Gamble, C ^a   Williamson, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TELEPHONE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751697239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7153     Document Type: Article

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