Cochrane systematic reviews in acupuncture: Methodological diversity in database searching

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 719-722

  Sood, Amit ^a   Sood, Richa ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a   Ebbert, Jon O ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEDICINE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; PEER REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 24644514280     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.719     Document Type: Review

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