Challenges in herbal research: A randomized clinical trial to assess blinding with ginger

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-106

  Zick, Suzanna M ^a   Blume, Amy ^a   Normolle, Daniel ^b   Ruffin, Mack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RESEARCH; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREMOR;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 22144491861     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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