Better Reporting of Scientific Studies: Why It Matters

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Connell, Laureen ^a   MacDonald, Rhona ^a   Norton, Melissa ^a   Ross, Amy ^a   Simpson, Paul ^a   Winker, Margaret ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84883237646     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001504     Document Type: Article

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