Quality of trials reported as conference abstracts in China: How well are they reported?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Duan, Yurong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Ai, Changlin ^a   Chen, Yaolong ^a   Chen, Peixian ^a   Zhang, Mingming ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONSORT for Abstracts; Medical conferences; Quality of reporting; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

FUNDING SOURCES; JOURNAL ARTICLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS;

ABSTRACTING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

CHINA; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 74049090510     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309990365     Document Type: Article

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