Comparison of reports of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews in surgical journals: Literature review

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 470-472

  Panesar, Sukhmeet Singh ^a   Thakrar, Ricky ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33749599746     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.9.470     Document Type: Review

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