Using reporting guidelines effectively to ensure good reporting of health research

Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User's Manual

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 32-40

  Altman, Douglas G ^a   Simera, Iveta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Journal editors; Peer reviewers; Reporting guidelines; Research funders; Researchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85178361260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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