A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part 2. Funding Source, Conflict of Interest, and Sample Size in Plastic Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 453e-461e

  Voineskos, Sophocles H ^a   Coroneos, Christopher J ^a   Ziolkowski, Natalia I ^a   Kaur, Manraj N ^a   Banfield, Laura ^a   Meade, Maureen O ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a   Thoma, Achilleas ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84955566032     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000475767.61031.d1     Document Type: Article

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