About the Authors
- Ingrid Toews
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Affiliation Cochrane Germany, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Nadine Binder
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Robert F. Wolff
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Affiliation Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd, Unit 6, Escrick Business Park, Escrick, York, United Kingdom
- Guenes Toprak
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Affiliation Cochrane Germany, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Erik von Elm
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Affiliation Cochrane Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Joerg J. Meerpohl
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* E-mail: meerpohl.jj@gmail.com
Affiliations Cochrane Germany, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité – U1153, Inserm / Université Paris Descartes, Cochrane France, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The commercial affiliation with Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd. does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: IT NB RFW EvE JJM. Formal analysis: NB. Investigation: IT RFW EvE GT JJM. Methodology: IT NB JJM. Project administration: JJM. Supervision: JJM. Visualization: IT NB JJM. Writing – original draft: IT NB RFW EvE JJM. Writing – review & editing: IT NB RFW EvE JJM.