Excluding non-English publications from evidence-syntheses did not change conclusions: a meta-epidemiological study

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 118
Pages: 42-54
Citations: 337
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                                    Barbara Nussbaumer‐Streit, 
                                
                                    Irma Klerings, 
                                
                                    Andreea Dobrescu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Excluding non-English publications from evidence-syntheses did not change conclusions: a meta-epidemiological study. 
                            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
                            , 118
                            
                            , 42-54.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.10.011

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.10.011