Journal article
CONSORT for reporting randomized controlled trials in journal and conference abstracts: explanation and elaboration.
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BACKGROUND: Clear, transparent, and sufficiently detailed abstracts of conferences and journal articles related to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are important, because readers often base their assessment of a trial solely on information in the abstract. Here, we extend the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement to develop a minimum list of essential items, which authors should consider when reporting the results of a RCT in any journal or conference abstract. ME...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050020
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American Society for Clinical Oncology
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 1
- Article number:
- e20
- Publication date:
- 2008-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1549-1676
- ISSN:
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1549-1277
- Source identifiers:
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79525
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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uuid:5df20be9-723b-4b0b-b62c-2c0af2801b14
- Local pid:
- pubs:79525
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Hopewell et al
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Notes:
- © 2008 Hopewell et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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