Orthopaedic surgeons prefer to participate in expertise-based randomized trials

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1734-1744

  Bednarska, Elzbieta ^a   Bryant, Dianne ^a,b   Devereaux, P J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERTISE BASED DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 45849098778     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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