A descriptive analysis of a representative sample of pediatric randomized controlled trials published in 2007

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hamm, Michele P ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^a   Milne, Andrea ^a   Tjosvold, Lisa ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Thomson, Denise ^a   Curtis, Sarah ^a,b   Klassen, Terry P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDITY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

CHILD; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78650382789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-96     Document Type: Article

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