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If only industry funded trials were as well done as the WHI
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5655 (Published 31 December 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b5655
- Keith J Barrington, professor of paediatrics1
- 1St Justine Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
- keith.barrington{at}umontreal.ca
Lawton shoots himself in the foot when he uses the women’s health initiative study as an example of a non-industry funded study that deviates from good standards.1 Unlike many industry funded studies this enormous and extremely complex trial had …
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