For randomized controlled trials, the quality of reports of complementary and alternative medicine was as good as reports of conventional medicine

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 763-768

  Klassen, Terry P ^a   Pham, Ba' ^b,c,d   Lawson, Margaret L ^d   Moher, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary therapies; Quality; Randomized trials; Reporting; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 22044442139     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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