Descriptions of non-pharmacological interventions in clinical trials: Reporting must improve

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7924, 2013, Pages

  Cook, Andrew ^a   Douet, Lisa ^a   Boutron, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84884540429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5212     Document Type: Editorial

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