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. 1998 Feb 14;316(7131):631. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7131.631a

Writing to authors of systematic reviews elicited further data in 17% of cases

J McGrath ^1,², G Davies ^1,², K Soares ^1,²

PMCID: PMC1112654 PMID: 9518939

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Numbers of letters sent out that did and did not elicit replies

	1970-9	1980-9	1990-7
Reply	12	29	10
No reply	20	41	21

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References

1.Roberts I, Schierhout G. The private life of systematic reviews. BMJ. 1997;315:686–687. . (13 September.) [Google Scholar]

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