A quality assessment of randomized clinical trials in pediatric orthopaedics

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 573-581

  Dulai, Sukhdeep K ^a,b   Slobogean, Bronwyn L T ^b   Beauchamp, Richard D ^b,c   Mulpuri, Kishore ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methodology; Orthopaedics; Pediatrics; Quality; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34250874597     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0b013e3180621f3e     Document Type: Article

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