Randomized controlled trials in otolaryngology journals

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-544

  Yao, Francisca ^a   Singer, Michael ^a   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548828516     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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