Cochrane reviews v industry supported meta-analyses: Has Cochrane really achieved its goals?
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Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: systematic review.
OBJECTIVE To compare the methodological quality and conclusions in Cochrane reviews with those in industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs. DESIGN Systematic review comparing pairs of meta-analyses that studied the same two drugs in the same disease and were published within two years of each other. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2003...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7574.916-a