Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , January 2003

How useful are unpublished data from the Food and Drug Administration in meta-analysis?

  • Catherine H MacLean

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 310-393-0411; fax: 310-451-6917. E-mail address:
    • RAND, 1700 Main Street, M-23C, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1000 Veteran Ave., Room 32–48, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Sally C Morton

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    • RAND, 1700 Main Street, M-23C, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA
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  • Joshua J Ofman

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    • Departments of Medicine and Health Services Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Zynx Health Inc, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., East Tower, Suite 655, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Elizabeth A Roth

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    • RAND, 1700 Main Street, M-23C, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA
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  • Paul G Shekelle

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    • RAND, 1700 Main Street, M-23C, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, USA
    • Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles VAMC, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., #111G, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Dr. Shekelle is a Senior Research Associate of the Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development.
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  • for the Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center

Received 15 April 2002 ,Revised 14 June 2002 ,Accepted 23 August 2002.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , January 2003

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