Improved Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Urologic Literature

European Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1044-1049

  Narayan, Vikram M ^a   Cone, Eugene B ^b   Smith, Daniel ^a   Scales, Charles D ^b   Dahm, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CONSORT criteria; Randomized controlled trials; Reporting quality; Systematic bias in research; Urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; UROLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT; UROLOGY;

EID: 84992609005     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.07.042     Document Type: Article

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