Randomized and nonrandomized controlled clinical trials in a German surgical journal;Randomisierte kontrollierte und kontrollierte klinische studien in der zeitschrift "Der Chirurg"

Chirurg

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 837-843

  Diener, M K ^a,b   Blumle A ^b   Szakallas, V ^a   Antes, G ^b   Seiler, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Controlled clinical trials; Handsearching; Randomized controlled trials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EUROPE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748896449     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-006-1211-6     Document Type: Article

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