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Editorial
. 2014 Aug 26;11(8):e1001711.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001711. eCollection 2014 Aug.

Observational studies: getting clear about transparency

PLOS Medicine Editors
Editorial

Observational studies: getting clear about transparency

PLOS Medicine Editors. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

The PLOS Medicine Editors endorse four measures to ensure transparency in the analysis and reporting of observational studies. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors' individual competing interests are at http://www.plosmedicine.org/static/editorsInterests.action. PLOS is funded partly through manuscript publication charges, but the PLOS Medicine Editors are paid a fixed salary (their salaries are not linked to the number of papers published in the journal).

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