A systematic review of the quality of reporting in published smoking cessation trials for pregnant women: An explanation for the evidence-practice gap?

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bryant, Jamie ^a   Passey, Megan E ^b   Hall, Alix E ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data reporting; Evidence practice gap; Research methodology; Smoking cessation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING CESSATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84906837078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0094-z     Document Type: Review

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