Making research articles fit for purpose: Structured reporting of key methods and findings

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA MINING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; REPLICATION STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); PUBLICATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84924354048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0575-7     Document Type: Editorial

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