Feasibility study to examine discrepancy rates in pre specified and reported outcomes in articles submitted to The BMJ

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Weston, Jennifer ^a   Dwan, Kerry ^a   Altman, Douglas ^b   Clarke, Mike ^c   Gamble, Carrol ^a   Schroter, Sara ^d   Williamson, Paula ^a   Kirkham, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d BMA House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84969909660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010075     Document Type: Article

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