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Quality Assessment of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine

Woobin Chung, Kyung-Woo Lee, In Hong Hwang, Dong Hee Lee, Soo Young Kim

Korean Journal of Family Medicine · 2009 · 15 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Background: Because low quality trials may lead to wrong conclusions, quality assessments are necessary. Thus, this study scrutinizes randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine (KAFM) to assess the quantity and the quality.

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