CONSORT for reporting randomised trials in journal and conference abstracts

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9609, 2008, Pages 281-283

  Hopewell, Sally ^a,g   Clarke, Mike ^a,b   Moher, David ^c,d   Wager, Elizabeth ^e   Middleton, Philippa ^f   Altman, Douglas G ^g   Schulz, Kenneth F ^h  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Sideview   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDITY;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 42549099895     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61835-2     Document Type: Note

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