The quality of randomized trial reporting in leading medical journals since the revised CONSORT statement

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-487

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Wu, Ping ^b   Gagnier, Joel ^c   Devereaux, P J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation concealment; Blinding; CONSORT; Randomization; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WRITING;

EID: 23044436673     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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