title: The accuracy of references in paediatric journals.
abstract: We analysed the reference error rate of four paediatric journals. The overall rate was 29.7%. Individual rates were as follows: Acta Paediatr 36%, Arch Dis Child 22%, J Pediatr 29%, Pediatrics 32%; the rate of major errors was 1%, 1%, 2%, and 4%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Research Unit in Clinical Epidemiology, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, León, Gto México. drarturo@todito.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas-Origel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez-Martínez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vargas-Nieto
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*