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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17864, first published .
Standardized Protocol Items Recommendations for Observational Studies (SPIROS) for Observational Study Protocol Reporting Guidelines: Protocol for a Delphi Study

Standardized Protocol Items Recommendations for Observational Studies (SPIROS) for Observational Study Protocol Reporting Guidelines: Protocol for a Delphi Study

Standardized Protocol Items Recommendations for Observational Studies (SPIROS) for Observational Study Protocol Reporting Guidelines: Protocol for a Delphi Study

Raman Mahajan   1, 2 * , MSci, MPH ;   Sakib Burza   2 * , MBChB, MSc, PhD, MRCGP ;   Lex M Bouter   3, 4 * , PhD ;   Klaas Sijtsma   5 * , PhD ;   André Knottnerus   1 * , PhD ;   Jos Kleijnen   1 * , MD, PhD ;   Peter Van Dael   6 * , PhD ;   Maurice P Zeegers   1, 7 * , PhD

1 Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL

2 Médecins Sans Frontières, New Delhi, IN

3 Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, NL

4 Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL

5 Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NL

6 DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, CH

7 School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL

*all authors contributed equally

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