Reporting of randomized clinical trial descriptors and use of structured abstracts

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Scherer, Roberta W ^a   Crawley, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032527566     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.3.269     Document Type: Article

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