Quality and reporting of trial design in scientific papers in Anaesthesia over 25 years

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Langford, R A ^a,c   Huang, G H ^a   Leslie, K ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 58249087806     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05712.x     Document Type: Article

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