The validity of claims made in orthopaedic print advertisements

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1224-1228

  Bhattacharyya, Timothy ^c   Tornetta III, Paul ^c   Healy, William L ^b   Einhorn, Thomas A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SURGEON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038463508     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200307000-00007     Document Type: Article

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