Table 1

Summary of Included Studies and Sources of Studies: Included studies and where located within literature search

Author/Year

Literature Source:

Burls, 2004 [13]

CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS

Butler et al., 2005 [23]

GREY

Cameron, 2007 [17]

GREY

Doust et al., 2005 [28]

PUBLISHED

Edwards et al., 2002 [33]

PUBLISHED

Egger et al., 2003 [40]

PUBLISHED

Egger and Smith, 1998 [22]

PUBLISHED

Eisenberg and Zarin, 2002 [19]

PUBLISHED

Elliott et al., 2006 [7]

GREY

Garces, 2006 [9]

GREY

Government Social Research (Ed.), 2007 [20]

CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS

Hailey, 2007 [1]

PUBLISHED

Hailey et al., 2000 [45]

PUBLISHED

Helmer, 2001 [46]

GREY

Hopewell et al., 2007a [29]

PUBLISHED

Hopewell et al., 2007b [34]

PUBLISHED

Jadad et al., 1998 [21]

PUBLISHED

Juni, Altman, and Egger, 2001 [48]

PUBLISHED

Juni et al., 2002 [37]

PUBLISHED

Langham, Thompson, and Rowan, 1999 [30]

PUBLISHED

Lawson et al., 2005 [41]

PUBLISHED

Lehoux et al., 2004 [6]

PUBLISHED

McAuley et al., 2000 [35]

PUBLISHED

McManus et al., 1998 [31]

PUBLISHED

Moher et al., 1996 [43]

PUBLISHED

Moher et al., 1998 [47]

PUBLISHED

Moher et al., 2003 [39]

PUBLISHED

Moher et al., 2007 [49]

PUBLISHED

Moher and Altman, 2009 [10]

GREY

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2009 [8]

GREY

Oliver et al., 2005 [50]

PUBLISHED

Oxman, Schunemann, and Fretheim, 2006a [3]

PUBLISHED

Oxman, Schunemann, and Fretheim, 2006b [5]

PUBLISHED

Page and Elliott, 2006 [53]

GREY

Parker, 2006 [66]

GREY

Pham et al., 2005 [42]

PUBLISHED

Royle and Milne, 2003 [25]

PUBLISHED

Royle and Waugh, 2003 [27]

PUBLISHED

Sampson et al., 2003 [26]

PUBLISHED

Savoie et al, 2003 [32]

PUBLISHED

Sterne, Gavaghan, and Egger, 2000 [36]

PUBLISHED

Topfer et al., 1999 [24]

PUBLISHED

Vickers et al., 1998 [44]

PUBLISHED

Watt et al., 2008a [4]

PUBLISHED

Watt et al., 2008b [18]

PUBLISHED

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