Reviews assessing the quality or the reporting of randomized controlled trials are increasing over time but raised questions about how quality is assessed

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Year: 2010
Type: review
Volume: 64
Issue: 2
Pages: 136-144
Citations: 74
Access: Closed

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                                    Agnès Dechartres, 
                                
                                    Pierre Charles, 
                                
                                    Sally Hopewell
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Reviews assessing the quality or the reporting of randomized controlled trials are increasing over time but raised questions about how quality is assessed. 
                            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
                            , 64
                            (2)
                            , 136-144.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.015
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.015