How well do reports of clinical trials in the orthodontic literature comply with the CONSORT statement?

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-261

  Flint, Helen E ^a,b   Harrison, Jayne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatric Emergency Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

CONSORT statement; Randomized controlled trial; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHECKLIST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, DENTAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79954439569     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/14653121043191     Document Type: Article

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