Systematic review finds that study data not published in full text articles have unclear impact on meta-analyses results in medical research.

Systematic review finds that study data not published in full text articles have unclear impact on meta-analyses results in medical research.

BACKGROUND:A meta-analysis as part of a systematic review aims to provide a thorough, comprehensive and unbiased statistical summary of data from the literature. However, relevant study results could be missing from a meta-analysis because of selective publication and inadequate dissemination. If mi...

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Main Authors: Christine M Schmucker, Anette Blümle, Lisa K Schell, Guido Schwarzer, Patrick Oeller, Laura Cabrera, Erik von Elm, Matthias Briel, Joerg J Meerpohl, OPEN consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5404772?pdf=render

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