The statistical reporting quality of articles published in 2010 in five dental journals

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-80

  Vähänikkilä, Hannu ^a   Tjäderhane, Leo ^a,b   Nieminen, Pentti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Articles; Journals; Review literature; Statistics reporting

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84918505619     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2014.954612     Document Type: Article

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