StaR Child Health: Developing evidence-based guidance for the design, conduct and reporting of paediatric trials

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-192

  Van't Hoff, William ^a   Offringa, Martin ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUTUROLOGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW; STANDARD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84921475159     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303094     Document Type: Review

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