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Why prospective registration of systematic reviews makes sense

Authors: Lesley Stewart, David Moher, Paul Shekelle

Published in: Systematic Reviews | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Prospective registration of systematic reviews promotes transparency, helps reduce potential for bias and serves to avoid unintended duplication of reviews. Registration offers advantages to many stakeholders in return for modest additional effort from the researchers registering their reviews.

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Title: Why prospective registration of systematic reviews makes sense
Authors: Lesley Stewart
David Moher
Paul Shekelle
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Systematic Reviews / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 2046-4053
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-7

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