Quality of reporting in surgical randomized clinical trials

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 296-303

  Yu, J ^a   Li, X ^c   Li, Y ^a   Sun, X ^a,b  

^a Chinese Evidence Based Medicine Centre   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS;

CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85006507930     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10331     Document Type: Article

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