Trial registration and adherence to reporting guidelines in cardiovascular journals

Heart

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 753-759

  Sims, Matt Thomas ^a   Bowers, Aaron Marc ^a   Fernan, Jamie Morgan ^a   Dormire, Kody Duane ^a   Herrington, James Murphy ^a   Vassar, Matt ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

medical ethics; research approaches; statistics and study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CARDIOLOGY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTRATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; PUBLISHING; REGISTER; STANDARDS;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 85046465694     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312165     Document Type: Article

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