Reporting randomized, controlled trials: Where quality of reporting may be improved

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 443-447

  Ko, Clifford Y ^a   Sack, Jonathan ^a   Chang, John T ^a   Fink, Arlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Power calculation; Randomized; Reporting quality; Sample size; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0036111650     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6217-x     Document Type: Article

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