Systematic review of the empirical evidence of study publication bias and outcome reporting bias.
BACKGROUND: The increased use of meta-analysis in systematic reviews of healthcare interventions has highlighted several types of bias that can arise during the completion of a randomised controlled trial. Study publication bias has been recognised as a potential threat to the validity of meta-analy...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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