Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 8 , Pages 773-778 , August 2000

Do physicians judge a study by its cover? An investigation of journal attribution bias

  • Dimitri A Christakis

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Child Health Institute 146 North Canal Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98103-8652, USA
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  • Sanjay Saint

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Somnath Saha

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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  • Joann G Elmore

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Deborah E Welsh

      Affiliations

    • Ann Arbor VA Health Services Research and Development, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Paul Baker

      Affiliations

    • Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Thomas D Koepsell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 28 May 1999 ,Accepted 22 December 1999.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 8 , Pages 773-778 , August 2000

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