Collet 1997.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE; date of search not reported Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors Matched abstract to full‐length publication by All authors Title
Data	Included 506 abstracts presented at the 1990 to 1995 Argentine Division of the International Association for Dental Research meetings Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Cumulative proportion of abstracts published Research center Subspecialty
Outcomes	61 of 506 abstracts published 13/65 abstracts presented at the 1990 meeting, 11/101 at the 1991 meeting, 6/75 at the 1992 meeting, 12/84 at the 1993 meeting, 8/104 at the 1994 meeting, and 7/127 at the 1995 meeting published Proportion of abstracts published by time Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 96 months showed proportion published = 12.1% (61/506 abstracts) No factors other than meeting year related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Oral health ‐ odontology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Date of search not reported.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 2 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis.