A guide to performing a peer review of randomised controlled trials

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Del Mar, Chris ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy C ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CONSORT statement; Editorial responsibilities; Medical journal publishing; Peer review; Randomised controlled tria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945961133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0471-8     Document Type: Article

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