From Checklists to Tools: Lowering the Barrier to Better Research Reporting

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

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CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CHECKLIST; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; WRITING;

CHECKLIST; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 84949451817     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001910     Document Type: Editorial

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