Reporting quality of abstracts of randomized controlled trials published in leading orthodontic journals from 2006 to 2011

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-458

  Fleming, Padhraig S ^a   Buckley, Niamh ^b   Seehra, Jadbinder ^c   Polychronopoulou, Argy ^d   Pandis, Nikolaos ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHECKLIST; DOCUMENTATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTICS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; STANDARD;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHECKLIST; HUMANS; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866710748     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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