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Open Access 01-12-2010 | Editorial

Comparative effectiveness research: Challenges for medical journals

Authors: Harold C Sox, Mark Helfand, Jeremy Grimshaw, Kay Dickersin, David Tovey, J André Knottnerus, Peter Tugwell, The PLoS Medicine Editors

Published in: Trials | Issue 1/2010

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Editors from a number of medical journals lay out principles for journals considering publication of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). In order to encourage dissemination of this editorial, this article is freely available in PLoS Medicine and will be also published in Medical Decision Making, Croatian Medical Journal, The Cochrane Library, Trials, The American Journal of Managed Care, and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

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Title: Comparative effectiveness research: Challenges for medical journals
Authors: Harold C Sox
Mark Helfand
Jeremy Grimshaw
Kay Dickersin
David Tovey
J André Knottnerus
Peter Tugwell
The PLoS Medicine Editors
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Trials / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-45

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