Reporting quality of randomised controlled trials published in prosthodontic and implantology journals

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 914-925

  Kloukos, D ^a   Papageorgiou, S N ^b   Doulis, I ^c   Petridis, H ^d   Pandis, N ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Private Practice   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Prosthodontics; Randomised clinical trials

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHECKLIST; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PROSTHODONTICS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHECKLIST; DENTAL IMPLANTATION; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROSTHODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84958868466     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joor.12325     Document Type: Article

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