Methods for obtaining unpublished data

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Young, Taryn ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DOCUMENTATION; E-MAIL; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860802235     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000027.pub2     Document Type: Review

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