Taking advantage of unexpected WebCONSORT results

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cobo, Erik ^a   González, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; CONSORT; EQUATOR; Peer review; Reporting guidelines; Research

Indexed keywords

BIOMED CENTRAL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85001129912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0758-4     Document Type: Note

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