Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement.

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

• Publication date

  1996-08-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70422-2PMID 8773637
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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