Teaching evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: 5. Interpreting the results of a study on therapy and applying them to a patient

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 867-873

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a   Mills, Edward J ^b   McGowan, Jessie ^c   Guyatt, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NOSE SPRAY;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY;

EID: 0036979350     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10755530260511856     Document Type: Article

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