Deficiencies in the publication and reporting of the results of systematic reviews presented at scientific medical conferences

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1488-1495

  Hopewell, Sally ^a,b   Boutron, Isabelle ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^b   Ravaud, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstracts; Critical appraisal; Evidence based health care; PRISMA statement; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948714877     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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