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Boutron I, Altman DG, Hopewell S, Vera-Badillo F, Tannock I, Ravaud P (2014)

Impact of Spin in the Abstracts of Articles Reporting Results of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Field of Cancer: The SPIIN Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 32:4120-4126.
This is the earliest example identified in the Chiu 2017 systematic methodology review of a randomised trial to assess the impact of spin on readers of a report of a randomised trial.

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Boutron I, Altman DG, Hopewell S, Vera-Badillo F, Tannock I, Ravaud P (2014). Impact of Spin in the Abstracts of Articles Reporting Results of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Field of Cancer: The SPIIN Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 32:4120-4126.

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