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Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hewitt, C., Hahn, S., Torgerson, D. J., Watson, J., & Bland, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of York (GB)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Hewitt, Catherine
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2005-03-10
- Volume
- 330
- Issue
- 7499
- Pages
- 1057-1058
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC557225
- OpenAlex
- W2074842559
- Cited by
- 176
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 12.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Keywords
- allocation concealment, randomization, trial reporting, reporting guidelines, general medical journals
- MeSH terms
- Periodicals as Topic, Random Allocation, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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