Reflections on Medical Journals

  1. David Moher, MSc;
  2. Kenneth F. Schulz, PhD;
  3. Douglas G. Altman, DSc; and
  4. Drummond Rennie, MD
  1. University of Ottawa; Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada Family Health International; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Centre for Statistics in Medicine; Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom JAMA, Chicago, IL 60610; University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 94143

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