Reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in orthodontics - What affects it and did it improve over the last 10 years?

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 356-366

  Sandhu, Satpal S ^a   Sandhu, Jasleen ^b   Kaur, Harsimrat ^a  

^a Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

^b Private Practice   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ORTHODONTICS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84939620092     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cju050     Document Type: Article

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