Reporting quality - The weakest link?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-375

  Thornton, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 36749041438     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2007.11.001     Document Type: Editorial

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