Evidence-based plastic and reconstructive surgery: Developments over two decades

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Becker, Axel ^a   Blümle, Anette ^a   Momeni, Arash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; TRENDS; ARTICLE; STANDARD;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84885448625     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31829fe0f7     Document Type: Article

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