Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials in Andrology Journals: A Quality Assessment

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 350-357

  Jo, Jung Ki ^a   Chung, Jae Hoon ^b   Kim, Kyu Shik ^b   Song, Soo Hyun ^c   Lee, Seung Wook ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Quality; Randomized Controlled Trial; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SCORING SYSTEM; BIBLIOMETRICS; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANDROLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922515731     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12784     Document Type: Article

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