Likely country of origin in publications on randomised controlled trials and controlled clinical trials during the last 60 years

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Likely country of origin in publications on randomised controlled trials and controlled clinical trials during the last 60 years

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Abstract Background The number of publications on clinical trials is unknown as well as the countries publishing most trial reports. To try to examine these questions we performed an ecological study. Methods We searched the 454,449 records on publications in The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2005 (CD-ROM version) for possible country of origin. We inspected a random sample of 906 records for information on country and type of trial...

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2007-02-01

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Nikolova Dimitrinka / Gluud Christian

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http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/8/1/7

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Medicine (General)

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