Poor citation of prior evidence in hip fracture trials

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2079-2086

  Sheth, Ujash ^a   Simunovic, Nicole ^a   Tornetta III, Paul ^b   Einhorn, Thomas A ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; EMBASE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 81855218105     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01274     Document Type: Article

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