Endorsement for improving the quality of reports on randomized controlled trials of traditional medicine journals in Korea: A systematic review

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Choi, Jiae ^a   Jun, Ji Hee ^a   Kang, Byoung Kab ^a   Kim, Kun Hyung ^b   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; KOREAN MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84920772476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-429     Document Type: Review

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