CONSORT 2010 statement: Updated guidelines can improve wound care

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 347-353

  Weller, C ^a   McNeil, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; Research outcomes; Rigour; Transparency; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958005076     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2010.19.8.77713     Document Type: Article

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