Homeopathy for childhood diarrhea: Combined results and metaanalysis from three randomized, controlled clinical trials

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Jacobs, Jennifer ^a,f   Jonas, Wayne B ^b,c   Jiménez Pérez, Margarita ^d   Crothers, Dean ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood diarrhea; Complementary and alternative medicine; Homeopathy

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037344302     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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