Systematic review protocol assessing the processes for linking clinical trial registries and their published results

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Bashir, Rabia ^a   Dunn, Adam G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84990070527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013048     Document Type: Article

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