The CONSORT statement: Application within and adaptations for orthodontic trials

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 663-679

  Pandis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Fleming, Padhraig S ^c   Hopewell, Sally ^d   Altman, Douglas G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Private Practice   (Greece)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; DENTAL RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LITERATURE; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHECKLIST; DENTAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH REPORT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84930458312     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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