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Original Research

Retraction of COVID-19 Pharmacoepidemiology Research Could Have Been Avoided by Effective Use of Reporting Guidelines

Eric I Benchimol1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;2 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada;3 ICES, Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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David Moher4 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;5 Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-4206View further author information
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Vera Ehrenstein6 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-3254View further author information
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Sinéad M Langan7 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKView further author information
Pages 1403-1420 | Published online: 21 Dec 2020

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