Methodological quality of therapy research published in ISI dental journals: Preliminary results

Journal of International Dental and Medical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 46-50

  Cartes Velásquez, Ricardo ^a,b   Delgado, Carlos Manterola ^b   Torres, Pedro Aravena ^c   Concha, Javier Moraga ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dental research; Evidence based dentistry; Research design; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946092736     PISSN: 1309100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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