Language bias in randomised controlled trials published in English and German.

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Some randomised controlled trials (RCTs) done in German-speaking Europe are published in international English-language journals and others in national German-language journals. We assessed whether authors are more likely to report trials with statistically significant results in English than in German.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet

Title: Lancet (London, England)

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN: 0140-6736

ISSN (Print): 0140-6736

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 02 1997

Volume: 350

Issue: 9074

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[1 ] Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.

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Publisher Item ID: S0140-6736(97)02419-7

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)02419-7

PubMed ID: 9251637

SO-VID: 2b15d387-fca3-47db-bdb6-8efaa913f2ca

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