Characteristics of Randomized Trials Published in Latin America and the Caribbean According to Funding Source

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Reveiz, Ludovic ^a   Sangalang, Stephanie ^a   Glujovsky, Demian ^b   Pinzon, Carlos E ^c   Asenjo Lobos, Claudia ^d   Cortes, Marcela ^e   Cañón, Martin ^c   Bardach, Ariel ^b   Bonfill, Xavier ^f  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUSTRY; ESTHETICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDLINE; MEXICO; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE DATABASE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARIBBEAN REGION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873934575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056410     Document Type: Article

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