Assessment of the quality of reporting of randomized clinical trials in paediatric dentistry journals

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Al Namankany, Abeer A ^a   Ashley, Paul ^a   Moles, David R ^a   Parekh, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; DENTAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, DENTAL; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 68949218912     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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