Publication bias is present in blood and marrow transplantation: An analysis of abstracts at an international meeting

Blood

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 6698-6701

  Paulson, Kristjan ^a,b   Saeed, Mahwash ^a   Mills, Jennifer ^c   Cuvelier, Geoff D E ^a,b   Kumar, Rajat ^a,b   Raymond, Colette ^a   Robinson, Tracy ^b   Szwajcer, David ^a,b   Wall, Donna ^a,b   Seftel, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 84055213114     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-08-367466     Document Type: Article

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