Empirical Evidence of Bias: Dimensions of Methodological Quality Associated With Estimates of Treatment Effects in Controlled Trials

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 408-412

  Schulz, Kenneth F ^a   Chalmers, Iain ^b   Hayes, Richard J ^c   Altman, Douglas G ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d Imperial Cancer Research Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85047692188     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.273.5.408     Document Type: Article

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