Evidence-based burn care - An assessment of the methodological quality of research published in burn care journals from 1982 to 2008

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1190-1195

  Al Benna, Sammy ^a   Alzoubaidi, Durayd ^b   Al Ajam, Yazan ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn care; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BURNS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 78049271766     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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