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Editorial
. 2021 Apr;76(4):444-447.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15297. Epub 2020 Oct 30.

Hundreds of thousands of zombie randomised trials circulate among us

J P A Ioannidis  1
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Editorial

Hundreds of thousands of zombie randomised trials circulate among us

J P A Ioannidis. Anaesthesia. 2021 Apr.
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Keywords: fabrication; individual patient data; randomised controlled trials; research misconduct; zombie.

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