Reporting of harms data in RCTs: A systematic review of empirical assessments against the CONSORT harms extension

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hodkinson, Alex ^a   Kirkham, Jamie J ^a   Tudur Smith, Catrin ^a   Gamble, Carrol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLOGY;

EID: 84885359689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003436     Document Type: Article

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