Three-armed trials including placebo and no-treatment groups may be subject to publication bias: Systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Koog, Yun Hyung ^a   We, Seo Ryang ^a   Min, Byung Il ^b  

^a Medifarm Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79957828817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020679     Document Type: Article

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