The REFLECT statement: Methods and processes of creating Reporting Guidelines For Randomized Controlled Trials for livestock and food safety

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  O'Connor, A M ^a   Sargeant, J M ^b   Gardner, I A ^c   Dickson, J S ^a   Torrence, M E ^d   Dewey, C E ^b   Dohoo, I R ^e   Evans, R B ^f   Gray, J T ^g   Greiner, M ^h   Keefe, G ⁱ   Lefebvre, S L ^j   Morley, P S ^k   Ramirez, A ^a   Sischo, W ^l   Smith, D R ^m   Snedeker, K ^b   Sofos, J ^k   Ward, M P ⁿ   Wills, R ^o  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^h FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^j American Veterinary Medical Association   (United States)

^k Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^o MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Challenge studies; Livestock; Randomized trials; Standards

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; WRITING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 73649114536     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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