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The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

Julian P. T. Higgins, Doug G. Altman, Peter Christian Gøtzsche, Peter Jüni, David Moher, Andrew David Oxman, Jelena Savović, Kenneth F. Schulz, Laura Weeks, Jonathan A C Sterne, Cochrane Bias Methods Group, Cochrane Statistical Methods Group

Journal article · 2011 · Cited by 33,713

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Abstract

Flaws in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised trials can cause the effect of an intervention to be underestimated or overestimated. The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5928 · Publisher: BMJ

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