Evaluating the evidence: The methodological and reporting quality of comparative observational studies of surgical interventions in urological publications

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1026-1031

  Tseng, Timothy Y ^b   Breau, Rodney H ^d   Fesperman, Susan F ^c   Vieweg, Johannes ^c   Dahm, Philipp ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiological; Evidence based medicine; Observational study methods; Publishing standards; Research design standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 63449124481     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08155.x     Document Type: Article

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