Appraising the Power of Placebo

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-229

  Lal, A ^a   Moharana, A K ^a   Singh, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033068605     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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