Registration of observational studies: Is it time?
Canadian Medical Association JournalPublished 19 July 2010Open access
R. J. Williams, Tony Tse, W. R. Harlan, Deborah A. Zarin
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A large number of observational studies, like interventional studies (clinical trials), are subject to publication bias and the results can be biased towards either positive or negative results.
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