A 30 year perspective of the quality of evidence published in 25 clinical journals: Signs of change?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 968, 2006, Pages 397-399

  Gnanalingham, M G ^b   Robinson, S G ^b   Hawley, D P ^b   Gnanalingham, K K ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION; META-ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33745406550     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.041251     Document Type: Article

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