False individual patient data and zombie randomised controlled trials submitted to Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 472-479

  Carlisle, J B ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fabrication; individual patient data; randomised controlled trials; research misconduct; zombie

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITOR; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOUTH KOREA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 85092383754     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15263     Document Type: Article

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