The quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials in dental public health

Community Dental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-256

  Marshman, Zoe ^a   Farid, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental public health; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650574224     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2497Marshman04     Document Type: Review

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