Abstract
The findings support recommendations that promote the use of structured abstracts. Further studies should be performed to assess the effect of time on the quality of abstracts and the extent to which abstracts reflect the content of the articles.
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Observational studyAssociation (psychology)Quality (philosophy)Family medicineMedicineQuality ScoreMEDLINEMedical educationPsychologyPolitical scienceInternal medicine
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Publication Info
- Year
- 1994
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 150
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1611-5
- Citations
- 205
- Access
- Closed
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Anna Taddio,
the CIHR Team in Children’s Pain,
F F Fassos
et al.
(1994).
Quality of nonstructured and structured abstracts of original research articles in the British Medical Journal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association..
PubMed
, 150
(10)
, 1611-5.