Extent of non-publication in cohorts of studies approved by research ethics committees or included in trial registries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Schmucker, Christine ^a   Schell, Lisa K ^a   Portalupi, Susan ^a   Oeller, Patrick ^a   Cabrera, Laura ^a   Bassler, Dirk ^c   Schwarzer, Guido ^b   Scherer, Roberta W ^e   Antes, Gerd ^a   Von Elm, Erik ^d   Meerpohl, Joerg J ^a   Bertele, Vittorio ^f   Bonfill, Xavier ^f   Bouesseau, Marie Charlotte ^f   Boutron, Isabelle ^f   Gallus, Silvano ^f   Garattini, Silvio ^f   Ghassan, Karam ^f   La Vecchia, Carlo ^f   Lang, Britta ^f   Littmann, Jasper ^f   Kleijnen, Jos ^f   Kulig, Michael ^f   Malicki, Mario ^f   Marusic, Ana ^f   Mueller, Katharina Felicitas ^f   Pardo, Hector ^f   Perleth, Matthias ^f   Ravaud, Philippe ^f   Reis, Andreas ^f   Strech, Daniel ^f   Trinquart, Ludovic ^f   Tia, Gerard Urrú ^f   Wager, Elizabeth ^f   Wieland, Alexandra ^f   Wolff , Robert ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; TIME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919808207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114023     Document Type: Article

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