Journal article
Relation between randomized controlled trials published in leading general medical journals and the global burden of disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: More than two-thirds of the world's population live in low-income countries, where health priorities are different from those of people living in more affluent parts of the world. We evaluated the relation between the global burden of disease and conditions or diseases studied in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in general medical journals.
METHODS: A MEDLINE search identified 373 RCTs that had been published in 6 …
Authors
Rochon PA; Mashari A; Cohen A; Misra A; Laxer D; Streiner DL; Dergal JM; Clark JP; Gold J; Binns MA
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 170, No. 11, pp. 1673–1677
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
May 25, 2004
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.1031006
ISSN
0820-3946