Helping editors, peer reviewers and authors improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of reporting health research

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Year: 2008
Type: editorial
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 13-13
Citations: 152
Access: Closed

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                                    David Moher, 
                                
                                    Iveta Simera, 
                                
                                    Kenneth F. Schulz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Helping editors, peer reviewers and authors improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of reporting health research. 
                            BMC Medicine
                            , 6
                            (1)
                            , 13-13.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-6-13
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-13