title: Four Proposals to Help Improve the Medical Research Literature.
abstract: David Moher and Douglas Altman outline four potential interventions that may improve the quality of peer-reviewed medical research publications.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moher
authors.affiliation: Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Altman
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement