Positive association between conflicts of interest and reporting of positive results in randomized clinical trials in dentistry

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1165-1170

  Brignardello Petersen, Romlna ^a   Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^a   Yanine, Nicolas ^a   Ulloa, Carolina ^a,b   Araya, Ignaclo ^a   Pintor, Fernanda ^c   Villanueva, Julio ^a   Cornejo Ovalle, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conflict of interest; Evidence based dentistry; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DENTAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HUMAN; PERSONNEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887295765     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0035     Document Type: Article

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