ClinicalTrials.gov registration can supplement information in abstracts for systematic reviews: A comparison study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Scherer, Roberta W ^a   Huynh, Lynn ^a   Ervin, Ann Margret ^a   Taylor, Jakeisha ^b   Dickersin, Kay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Baptist Desoto Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879039057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-79     Document Type: Article

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