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. 2012 Feb 9:1:7.
doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-7.

Why prospective registration of systematic reviews makes sense

Lesley Stewart  1 , David Moher, Paul Shekelle
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Why prospective registration of systematic reviews makes sense

Lesley Stewart et al. Syst Rev. .

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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