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. 2021 Apr;6(4):e004997.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-004997.

Inadequate reporting of COVID-19 clinical studies: a renewed rationale for the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines

Alice Palmer-Ross  1 , Pavel V Ovseiko  2 , Shirin Heidari  3   4
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Inadequate reporting of COVID-19 clinical studies: a renewed rationale for the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines

Alice Palmer-Ross et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; clinical trial; epidemiology; health policy; systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SH is the founding chair of the Gender Policy Committee (GPC) of European Association of Science Editors (EASE), where she led the development and publication of the SAGER guidelines. She is the chair of and PVO is a member of the SAGER Guidelines Working Group of EASE GPC.

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Female participation by study type and intervention type.
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