Randomized controlled trials in dentistry: Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 908-914

  Fleming, Padhraig S ^a   Lynch, Christopher D ^b   Pandis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Conduct; Dentistry; Randomized; Reporting

Indexed keywords

DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SELECTION BIAS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84904978539     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2014.06.004     Document Type: Review

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