The consistency between scientific papers presented at the orthopaedic trauma association and their subsequent full-text publication

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-133

  Preston, Charles F ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Fulkerson, Eric ^a   Ginat, Danial ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract; Orthopaedic trauma; Research methodology; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; CONGRESSES; ORTHOPEDICS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33744464043     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000199120.45982.41     Document Type: Article

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