Effect of editors' implementation of CONSORT guidelines on the reporting of abstracts in high impact medical journals: Interrupted time series analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7864, 2012, Pages

  Hopewell, Sally ^a,b   Ravaud, Philippe ^b,c,d,e   Baron, Gabriel ^b,c,d   Boutron, Isabelle ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e French Cochrane Centre   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDITOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84863586045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4178     Document Type: Article

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