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Cochrane central register of controlled trials

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Cochrane Library
EBM Reviews
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About this resource

A bibliography of over 370,000 published and unpublished reports describing mostly randomised controlled trials and some observational studies in health care. Through extensive handsearching and searching of databases such as Medline and EMBASE, the Cochrane Collaboration creates CENTRAL, providing an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. Also available as part of The Cochrane Library and EBM Reviews.

  • Data Format: Text (Bibliographic citations and abstracts)
  • Frequency of updates: Updated quarterly

Subject headings

  • Clinical trials--Periodicals--Indexes.
  • Clinical trials--Periodicals--Abstracts.
  • Evidence-based medicine--Periodicals--Indexes.
  • Evidence-based medicine--Periodicals--Abstracts.
  • Medicine--Research--Periodicals--Indexes.
  • Medicine--Research--Periodicals--Abstracts.
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