Performing systematic reviews of clinical trials of acupuncture: Problems and solutions

Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-31

  White, Adrian ^a   Trinh, Kien ^a   Hammerschlag, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036272291     PISSN: 14611449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/caom.2001.0119     Document Type: Article

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