Should journals publish systematic reviews that find no evidence to guide practice? Examples from injury research.

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Published in BMJ on February 05, 2000

Authors

P Alderson1, I Roberts

Author Affiliations

1: UK Cochrane Centre, NHS Research and Development Programme, Oxford OX2 7LG. palderson@cochrane.co.uk

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