Pragmatic randomised controlled trials for complex therapies

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 136-139

  Resch, Karl Ludwig ^a  

^a Forsch Inst F Balneol K   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined modality treatment; Methodology; Randomised controlled trial; Study design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000622808     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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