Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results

An-Wen Chan

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230

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Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results

An-Wen Chan

Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results

An-Wen Chan

Published: November 25, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230

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An-Wen Chan

Competing Interests

A-WC worked previously as a scientist with the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and currently chairs the SPIRIT initiative referenced in this article.

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