Quality of reporting in abstracts of randomized controlled trials published in leading journals of periodontology and implant dentistry: A survey

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1251-1256

  Faggion, Clovis Mariano ^a,b   Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos Nikitas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abstracts; Data reporting; Dental implants; Periodontics; Randomized controlled trial; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866720349     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.110609     Document Type: Review

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