Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of "instruction to authors"

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 510-515

  Xiao, Lu ^a,b   Hu, Jing ^a,c   Zhang, Li ^a   Shang, Hong Cai ^a,c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FIRST TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese medical journal; Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials; instruction to authors; randomized controlled trial; reporting quality

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CHECKLIST; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903557697     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8     Document Type: Review

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