Methodological reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in three spine journals from 2010 to 2012

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1606-1611

  Chen, Xiao ^a   Zhai, Xiao ^a   Wang, Xue ^b   Su, Jiacan ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Health Care   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Methodology; Quality; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CALCULATION; EUROPE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SPINE; UNITED STATES; PUBLICATION; SPINAL DISEASES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84905899943     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3283-1     Document Type: Article

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