Observational studies: Getting clear about transparency

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

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CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTRATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907279562     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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