Multi-investigator collaboration in orthopaedic surgery research compared to other medical fields

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1523-1528

  Brophy, Robert H ^a   Smith, Matthew V ^a   Latterman, Christian ^b   Jones, Morgan H ^c   Reinke, Emily K ^d   Flanigan, David C ^e   Wright, Rick W ^a   Wolf, Brian R ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Center   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative research; evidence based medicine; multicenter studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLLABORATIVE STUDY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSTETRICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84865485796     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22125     Document Type: Article

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