Assessing the validity of published randomized controlled trials in podiatric medical journals

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 392-398

  Turlik, Michael A ^a,c   Kushner, Donald ^a,b   Stock, Dina ^b  

^a Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine ^*

^b Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

^c Beachwood Foot and Ankle Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PODIATRY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842634525     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-93-5-392     Document Type: Article

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