Information on blinding in registered records of clinical trials
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Information on blinding in registered records of clinical trials
Information on blinding is part of the data that should be provided upon registration of a trial at a clinical trials registry. Reporting of blinding is often absent or of low quality in published articles of clinical trials. This study researched the presence and quality of information on blinding in registered records of clinical trials and highlights the important role of data-recording form...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-210