Characteristics of funding of clinical trials: cross-sectional survey and proposed guidance.

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Published in BMJ Open on October 05, 2017

Authors

Maram B Hakoum1, Nahla Jouni2, Eliane A Abou-Jaoude3, Divina Justina Hasbani4, Elias A Abou-Jaoude5, Luciane Cruz Lopes6, Mariam Khaldieh7, Mira Zein Hammoud8, Mounir Al-Gibbawi4, Sirine Anouti9, Gordon Guyatt10, Elie A Akl1,10,11

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
2: Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
3: Department of Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
4: Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
5: The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
6: Pharmaceutical Sciences Post graduate Course, University of Sorocaba, UNISO, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
7: Faculty of Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
8: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
9: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
10: Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
11: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

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