Methodology standards associated with quality reporting in clinical studies in pediatric surgery journals

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1160-1164

  Thakur, A ^a   Wang, E C ^a   Chiu, T T ^a   Chen, Wendy ^a   Ko, C Y ^a   Chang, J T ^a   Atkinson, J B ^a   Fonkalsrud, E W ^a   Grosfeld, Jay L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative trials; Methodology standards; Quality reporting; Randomized controlled trials; Statistics; Surgical journals

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034899956     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.25737     Document Type: Article

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