Cochrane for CAM Providers: Evidence for Action

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 110-112

  Manheimer, Eric ^a   Berman, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141708035     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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