Effect sizes in patients treated by homeopathy differ according to diagnoses - Results of an observational study

Perfusion

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 356-360

  Witt, Claudia M ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohen's d; Effect size; Homeopathy; Prospective observational study

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144494123     PISSN: 09350020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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