Level of evidence in Spine compared to other orthopedic journals

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 388-393

  Wupperman, Richard ^a   Davis, Rick ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Impact factor; Journal; Level; Ratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33846658079     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000254109.12449.6c     Document Type: Article

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