What is the methodologic quality of human therapy studies in ISI surgical publications?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 827-832

  Manterola, Carlos ^a,b   Pineda, Viviana ^a   Vial, Manuel ^a   Losada, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGERY;

EUROPE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750309253     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000242708.51631.66     Document Type: Article

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