CONSORT adherence in journals is still far from perfect

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e38-

  Camm, C F ^a   Agha, R A ^b   Edison, E ^c  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84925286417     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000293     Document Type: Letter

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