Pragmatic clinical trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 136-140

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b  

^a Found for Traditional Chinese Med   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10244267658     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2004.07.043     Document Type: Article

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