Have levels of evidence improved the quality of orthopaedic research?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3679-3686

  Cunningham, Brian P ^a   Harmsen, Samuel ^a   Kweon, Chris ^a   Patterson, Jason ^a   Waldrop, Robert ^a   McLaren, Alex ^a   McLemore, Ryan ^a  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 84885960702     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3159-4     Document Type: Article

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