Scientific section: Clinical trials in Orthodontics II: Assessment of the quality of reporting of clinical trials published in three orthodontic journals between 1989 and 1998

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-315

  Harrison, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical orthodontic research; Clinical trials; Quality assessment; Randomized clinical trials; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; DENTAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, DENTAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1542465710     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ortho/30.4.309     Document Type: Review

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