Debunking myths of protocol registration

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Stephanie M ^a   Slutsky, Jean ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

protocol; publicly accessible; registration; systematic review; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875051979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-4     Document Type: Article

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