Why data sharing should be the expected norm: The Institute of Medicine takes a step in the right direction but we should move even faster

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFIRMATION BIAS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84928713036     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h599     Document Type: Editorial

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