The scope, funding and publication of musculoskeletal clinical trials performed in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-91

  Bourne, Allison M ^a   Whittle, Samuel L ^b   Richards, Bethan L ^c,d   Maher, Chris G ^e   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^f  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARM PAIN; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISABILITY; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNDING; GOUT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SHOULDER PAIN; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893269695     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10907     Document Type: Article

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