The rationale for rating risk of bias should be fully reported: response

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 239-

  Whiting, Penny ^a,b   Savović, Jelena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); RISK; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; RISK;

EID: 84962833097     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.008     Document Type: Letter

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