Editorial policy and the reporting of randomized controlled trials: A survey of instructions for authors and assessment of triap reports in Indian medical journals (2004-05)

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 62-68

  Tharyan, Prathap ^a   Premkumar, Titus Samson ^a   Mathew, Vivek ^a   Barnabas, Jabez Paul ^a   Manuelraj, ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; INDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44949113214     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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