Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: The EQUATOR Network's Survey of Guideline Authors
PLoS MedicinePublished 19 June 2008Open access
Iveta Simera, Douglas G. Altman, David Moher, Kenneth F. Schulz, John Hoey
Citations216
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Iveta Simera and colleagues survey the authors of 37 guidelines on reporting health research to find out who the authors are and what they believe should be done to improve the quality of research.
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Iveta Simera and colleagues survey the authors of 37 guidelines on reporting health research.
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