Quality of structured abstracts of original research articles in the British Medical Journal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association: A 10-year follow-up study

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Wong, Ho Lun ^a   Truong, Don ^a   Mahamed, Anisah ^a   Davidian, Christine ^a   Rana, Zeeshan ^a   Einarson, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstracts, structured; Quality; Research design; Research, medical journals

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; CANADA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744407334     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079905X38123     Document Type: Review

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