Development of a tool to rate the quality assessment of randomized controlled trials using a Delphi technique

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1262-1268

  Sindhu, Fahera ^a   Carpenter, Lucy ^b   Seers, Kate ^c  

^a National Audit Office   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031156871     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.19970251262.x     Document Type: Article

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