Clinical research into alternative and complementary therapies: How do we tell if the glass is half empty or half full?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2088-2089

  Clauw, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREATHING EXERCISES; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141531097     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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