Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by Chinese journals of Traditional Chinese Medicine: A survey of journal editors and review of journals' instructions for authors

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 178-183

  Ma, Bin ^a   Ke, Fa Yong ^a   Zheng, Er Liang ^a   Yang, Zun Xian ^a   Tang, Qing Nan ^a   Qi, Guo Qing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITOR; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

CHINA; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84956660196     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2015-010870     Document Type: Article

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