Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-289

  Pearson, Mark ^a   Peters, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING BIAS;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858298148     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.122465     Document Type: Article

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