Reporting of Clinical Trials: Publication, Authorship, and Trial Registration

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-567

  Bonita, Raphael E ^a   Adams, Suzanne ^a   Whellan, David J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Clinical trial reporting; Ghostwriting; Publication

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 80052918427     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2011.06.009     Document Type: Review

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