ArticleBMJ evidence-based medicine2018
The Cochrane HPV vaccine review was incomplete and ignored important evidence of bias.
Article in BMJ evidence-based medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- EMA's mishandling of an investigation into suspected serious neurological harms of HPV vaccines.BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV-related disease in females and males.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Sexual behaviour, human papillomavirus and its vaccine: a qualitative study of adolescents and parents in Andalusia.BMC public health · 2021Article
- When is systematic review replication useful, and when is it wasteful?Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2021Article
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- Ongoing inadequacy of quadrivalent HPV vaccine safety studies.BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2020Article
- Will HPV vaccination prevent cervical cancer?Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2020Review
- Reply: Suspicions of possible vaccine harms must be scrutinised openly and independently to ensure confidence.NPJ vaccines · 2020Article
- Moral entrepreneurship, the power-knowledge nexus, and the Cochrane "crisis".Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2019Article
- Why data sharing is important for children.BMJ paediatrics open · 2018Article
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