The reporting of methodological factors in randomized controlled trials and the association with a journal policy to promote adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist.

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Published in Control Clin Trials on August 01, 2002

Authors

P J Devereaux1, Braden J Manns, William A Ghali, Hude Quan, Gordon H Guyatt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. philipj@mcmaster.ca

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