How Informed Is Consent in Sham-Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Linde, Klaus ^a   Dincer, Figen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1942510514     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555304323062374     Document Type: Article

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