RoB 2: A revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

Jonathan A.C. Sterne, Jelena Savović, Matthew J. Page, Roy G. Elbers, Natalie S. Blencowe, Isabelle Boutron, Christopher J. Cates, Hung Yuan Cheng, Mark S. Corbett, Sandra M. Eldridge, Jonathan R. Emberson, Miguel A. Hernán, Sally Hopewell, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Daniela R. Junqueira, Peter Jüni, Jamie J. Kirkham, Toby Lasserson, Tianjing Li, Alexandra McAleenanBarnaby C. Reeves, Sasha Shepperd, Ian Shrier, Lesley A. Stewart, Kate Tilling, Ian R. White, Penny F. Whiting, Julian P.T. Higgins

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	l4898
Journal	The BMJ
Volume	366
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4898
State	Published - 2019

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Sterne, J. A. C., Savović, J., Page, M. J., Elbers, R. G., Blencowe, N. S., Boutron, I., Cates, C. J., Cheng, H. Y., Corbett, M. S., Eldridge, S. M., Emberson, J. R., Hernán, M. A., Hopewell, S., Hróbjartsson, A., Junqueira, D. R., Jüni, P., Kirkham, J. J., Lasserson, T., Li, T., ... Higgins, J. P. T. (2019). RoB 2: A revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. The BMJ, 366, Article l4898. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4898

Sterne, JAC, Savović, J, Page, MJ, Elbers, RG, Blencowe, NS, Boutron, I, Cates, CJ, Cheng, HY, Corbett, MS, Eldridge, SM, Emberson, JR, Hernán, MA, Hopewell, S, Hróbjartsson, A, Junqueira, DR, Jüni, P, Kirkham, JJ, Lasserson, T, Li, T, McAleenan, A, Reeves, BC, Shepperd, S, Shrier, I, Stewart, LA, Tilling, K, White, IR, Whiting, PF & Higgins, JPT 2019, 'RoB 2: A revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials', The BMJ, vol. 366, l4898. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4898

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