Selective citation in the literature on swimming in chlorinated water and childhood asthma: a network analysis

Selective citation in the literature on swimming in chlorinated water and childhood asthma: a network analysis

Abstract Background Knowledge development depends on an unbiased representation of the available evidence. Selective citation may distort this representation. Recently, some controversy emerged regarding the possible impact of swimming on childhood asthma, raising the question about the role of sele...

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Main Authors: Bram Duyx, Miriam J. E. Urlings, Gerard M. H. Swaen, Lex M. Bouter, Maurice P. Zeegers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Research Integrity and Peer Review
Subjects:
Citation analysis
Knowledge generation
Selective citation
Pool chlorine hypothesis
Childhood asthma
Swimming pool
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41073-017-0041-z

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