Reporting of methods was better in the Clinical Trials Registry-India than in Indian journal publications

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-22

  Tharyan, Prathap ^a   George, Aneesh Thomas ^a   Kirubakaran, Richard ^a   Barnabas, Jabez Paul ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bias; CONSORT statement; ICMJE; Prospective trials registration; Randomized trials; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; INDIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870000430     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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