Problems in the reporting of acne clinical trials: A spot check from the 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Acne Vulgaris

Trials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ingram, John R ^a   Grindlay, Douglas J C ^b   Williams, Hywel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ACNE VULGARIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77954395201     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-77     Document Type: Note

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