A survey of instructions to authors in surgical journals on reporting by CONSORT and PRISMA

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 468-471

  Shantikumar, Saran ^a   Wigley, J ^b   Hameed, W ^a   Handa, A ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Conflict of interests; Editorial policies; Journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867201206     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13373405386619     Document Type: Article

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