Negative results: Why do they need to be published?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-33

  Sandercock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Methodology; Publication bias; Stroke units; Systematic reviews; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; STROKE; STROKE UNIT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84155178296     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00723.x     Document Type: Review

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