Ensuring Inclusion of Research Reports in Systematic Reviews

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Dijkers, Marcel P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Peer review; Publishing; Rehabilitation; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REGISTRATION; REHABILITATION CARE; STANDARD; WRITING;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 71749114417     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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