Normative arguments and new solutions for the unbiased registration and publication of clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-281

  Strech, Daniel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Institutional review boards; Publication bias; Research ethics; Selective publication; Study protocols; Trial registration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLISHING; REGISTRATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRUST;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84855984672     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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