How good is the orthopaedic literature

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Chaudhry, Harman ^a   Mundi, Raman ^a   Singh, Ishu ^b   Einhorn, Thomas A ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Millcreek Community Hospital   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; Quality; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549089644     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.40250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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