Commentary: The quality of reporting and outcome measures in randomized clinical trials related to upper-extremity disorders

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 735-737

  Chung, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142710843     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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