Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid

Elie A. Akl; Xin Sun; Jason W. Busse; Bradley C. Johnston; Matthias Briel; Sohail Mulla; John J. You; Dirk Bassler; Francois Lamontagne; Claudio Vera; Mohamad Alshurafa; Christina M. Katsios; Diane Heels-Ansdell; Qi Zhou; Ed Mills; Gordon H. Guyatt

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.015

Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid

Elie A. Akl, Xin Sun, Jason W. Busse, Bradley C. Johnston, Matthias Briel, Sohail Mulla, John J. You, Dirk Bassler, Francois Lamontagne, Claudio Vera, Mohamad Alshurafa, Christina M. Katsios, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Qi Zhou, Ed Mills, Gordon H. Guyatt

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	262-267
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	65
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.015
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Akl, E. A., Sun, X., Busse, J. W., Johnston, B. C., Briel, M., Mulla, S., You, J. J., Bassler, D., Lamontagne, F., Vera, C., Alshurafa, M., Katsios, C. M., Heels-Ansdell, D., Zhou, Q., Mills, E., & Guyatt, G. H. (2012). Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65(3), 262-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.015

Akl, EA, Sun, X, Busse, JW, Johnston, BC, Briel, M, Mulla, S, You, JJ, Bassler, D, Lamontagne, F, Vera, C, Alshurafa, M, Katsios, CM, Heels-Ansdell, D, Zhou, Q, Mills, E & Guyatt, GH 2012, 'Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 262-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.015

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