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What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Using the Internet for surveys and health research.Journal of medical Internet research
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2. The Story behind the Science: Preprints of pandemic potential-how bioRxiv and medRxiv brought preprints to the life sciences.mBio · 2026
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3. Motivations, concerns and selection biases when posting preprints: A survey of bioRxiv authors.PloS one · 2022
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4. Tracking the popularity and outcomes of all bioRxiv preprints.eLife · 2019
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5. [Questionnaire to evaluate health web sites according to European criteria].Atencion primaria · 2006
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6. The internet.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2002
   Review
7. Cybermedicine and e-ethics.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2002
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8. Disseminating health information in developing countries: the role of the internet.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000
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9. Canadian Family Physician: through a glass darkly.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2000
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10. Images in Paediatric Cardiology - no longer an infant!Images in paediatric cardiology · 2000
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11. Medical journals are dead. Long live medical journals.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2000
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12. Current Controlled Trials: an opportunity to help improve the quality of clinical research.Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine · 2000
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13. Peer review in a post-eprints world: a proposal.Journal of medical Internet research
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Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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