Reporting of financial and non-financial conflicts of interest by authors of systematic reviews: A methodological survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Hakoum, Maram B ^a   Anouti, Sirine ^a   Al Gibbawi, Mounir ^a   Abou Jaoude, Elias A ^b   Hasbani, Divina Justina ^a   Lopes, Luciane Cruz ^c   Agarwal, Arnav ^d,e   Guyatt, Gordon ^e   Akl, Elie A ^a,e  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

conflict of interest; funding; systematic review

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FUNDING; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84982266761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011997     Document Type: Article

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