Methodological characteristics and treatment effect sizes in oral health randomised controlled trials: Is there a relationship? Protocol for a meta-epidemiological study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Saltaji, Humam ^a   Armijo Olivo, Susan ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a   Amin, Maryam ^a   Flores Mir, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTAL HEALTH; EFFECT SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

EID: 84896877103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004527     Document Type: Review

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