The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jones, Ritu ^a   Jones, Robert O ^a   McCowan, Colin ^a   Montgomery, Alan A ^b   Fahey, Tom ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60149097842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-5     Document Type: Article

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